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Metric time

In television, the Simpsons episode "They Saved Lisa's Brain" has Principal Skinner saying that, thanks to the city being under Mensa's control, the city's trains are not only running on time, but they are running on metric time, while looking at an analog clock with numbers 1–10 (which indicates decimal time).


Donovan's Brain

The September 1968 episode of Star Trek, "Spock's Brain" features the disembodied brain of Mr. Spock kept alive in a box attached to a control panel.

Donovan's Brain is a 1942 science fiction novel by Curt Siodmak.

The Beastie Boys use the line from the novel, "He thrusts his fist against the post and still insists he sees the ghost" in their song "Dropping Names" on the album 1989 Paul's Boutique.

Kennedy's Brain

Kennedy's Brain is a novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell, that was originally published in the Swedish language in 2005.


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