TIL that Swiss Balloonist, Auguste Piccard, was the inspiration for both Professor Calculus, in the Tintin comics, and that Gene Roddenberry named Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek after him. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by es_price t3_y5surn on October 16, 2022 at 9:45 PM in todayilearned 29 comments 503
blakerabbit t1_islsrt0 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:58 PM He does look like Calculus / On dirait bien Tournesol Permalink 17 papadjeef t1_ism30h9 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:16 AM Hein? He looks nothing like a sunflower Permalink Parent 3
papadjeef t1_ism30h9 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:16 AM Hein? He looks nothing like a sunflower Permalink Parent 3
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