September 23, 2026
The one-electron universe is the hypothesis that all electrons and positrons are actually manifestations of a single entity moving backwards and forwards in time. It was proposed by theoretical physicist John Wheeler in a telephone call to Richard Feynman in the spring of 1940. A similar “zigzag world line description of pair annihilation” was independently devised by Swiss physicist E. C. G. Stueckelberg at the same time.
The idea is based on the world lines traced out across spacetime by every electron. Rather than have myriad such lines, Wheeler suggested that they could all be parts of one single line like a huge tangled knot, traced out by the one electron. Any given moment in time is represented by a slice across spacetime, and would meet the knotted line a great many times. Each such meeting point represents a real electron at that moment.
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September 18, 2026
Graggle Simpson, also referred to as Gumbly, is an Internet meme centered on a metafictional character of the same name, satirically claimed to be a former core member of the Simpson family on the American animated sitcom ‘The Simpsons,’ having been removed through retroactive continuity. The intent behind the meme includes satirizing the Mandela effect (false collective memory) and its believers.
Graggle is most commonly portrayed as a yellow, unclothed, alien-like humanoid with a large mouth and three strands of hair, commonly portrayed in hoax materials alongside members of the Simpson family.
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September 3, 2026
Roger Mellie (‘The Man on the Telly – who says ‘Bollocks!”) is a fictional character featured in Viz magazine. His catchphrase was originally the same as David Frost’s catchphrase ‘Hello, good evening, and welcome,’ but very soon degenerated into ‘Hello, good evening and bollocks!’
The character first appeared in Issue 6 in July 1981 and (like many other characters in Viz) is a foul-mouthed and obnoxious misogynist who manages to maintain a career as a television presenter, in spite of his objectionable personality and incompetence (he sees himself as highly professional, despite abundant evidence to the contrary).
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