Dime Mystery Magazine was a US pulp magazine published from 1932 to 1950
by Popular Publications. Originally Dime Mystery Book Magazine, it
contained mysteries, including a novel in each issue. Competing with
established magazines, it failed to sell. From 1933, inspired by Grand
Guignol, publisher Harry Steeger changed its style, publishing horror
stories in what became known as "weird menace" fiction, where the
apparently supernatural transpired to have an everyday explanation.
Further magazines in the same genre followed. The emphasis on sex and
sadism increased, but reverted to detective stories in 1938. The stories
now featured detectives with a handicap such as amnesia or hemophilia.
After a return to weird menace, it reverted to detective stories until
it ceased publication in 1950. Most stories were low-quality, but some
well-known authors appeared, including Edgar Wallace, Ray Bradbury,
Norvell Page, and Wyatt Blassingame. The last issues appeared as 15
Mystery Stories.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_Mystery_Magazine>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1841:
Commodore Gordon Bremer took formal possession of Hong Kong
Island for the United Kingdom at Possession Point.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bremer>
1905:
The 3,107-carat (621 g; 1.37 lb) Cullinan Diamond, the
largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, was discovered at the
Premier Mine in Gauteng, South Africa.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullinan_Diamond>
1945:
Audie Murphy engaged in action at the Colmar Pocket that won
him a Medal of Honor and made him one of the most famous and decorated
U.S. soldiers of World War II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy>
1972:
JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the
only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell
10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest
fall without a parachute.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
vaccine:
1. (historical)
2. (medicine) Of, pertaining to, caused by, or characteristic of cowpox.
3. (by extension, immunology) Of or pertaining to cowpox as a source of
material for vaccination against smallpox; also, of or pertaining to
such material used for vaccination.
4. (archaic) Of, pertaining to, or derived from cattle or cows.
5. (immunology)
6. A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and
provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in
the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a
derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a
synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.
7. The process of vaccination; immunization, inoculation.
8. (historical) Material taken from cowpox pustules used for vaccination
against smallpox.
9. (also medicine, obsolete) The disease cowpox, especially as a source
of material for vaccination against smallpox.
10. (figuratively)
11. Something defensive or protective in nature, like a vaccine (sense
1.1).
12. (computing) A software program which protects computers against, or
detects and neutralizes, computer viruses and other types of malware; an
antivirus.
13. (transitive, archaic) Synonym of vaccinate (“to treat (a person or
an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease”)
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vaccine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased the risk of nuclear
weapons use, raised the specter of biological and chemical weapons use,
hamstrung the world’s response to climate change, and hampered
international efforts to deal with other global concerns. The invasion
and annexation of Ukrainian territory have also violated international
norms in ways that may embolden others to take actions that challenge
previous understandings and threaten stability.
--Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bulletin_of_the_Atomic_Scientists>