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Quote of the day for September 23, 2026
I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein

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The Adventures of Prince Achmed is a German animated fairy-tale film, written and directed by Lotte Reiniger, and released on 23 September 1926. Since two earlier Quirino Cristiani films are lost, it is the oldest surviving animated feature film. The plot is based on elements from several One Thousand and One Nights stories, such as "Aladdin," "Ahmed and Paribanou", and "The Ebony Horse". The film features a silhouette-animation technique that Reiniger invented by manipulating cardboard cutouts and thin sheets of lead under a camera, similar to wayang shadow puppets. The original prints featured color tinting. Reiniger also used the first form of a multiplane camera in making the film, one of the most important devices in pre-digital animation. Several famous avant-garde animators worked on Prince Achmed, among them Walter Ruttmann, Berthold Bartosch, and Carl Koch.Film credit: Lotte Reiniger
Malabar pied hornbill

The Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) is a species of bird in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae. It is found in Sri Lanka and parts of India, where it inhabits low-altitude forests, particularly near rivers, as well as plantations. The species is omnivorous, feeding on fruit and small animals, with figs forming an important part of its diet. This female Malabar pied hornbill in flight was photographed in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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Vertumnus

Vertumnus is a 1591 oil painting by the Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, depicting Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, as Vertumnus, the Roman god of changing seasons, gardens, fruit trees, and plant growth. Rudolf's portrait is composed of fruits, vegetables and flowers, and combines visual humour with political allegory, presenting him as a ruler possessing harmony with and power over nature. Seized by Swedish forces after the Thirty Years' War, the painting is now held at Skokloster Castle in Sweden.

Painting credit: Giuseppe Arcimboldo