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nsvxheIeuc3h2uddh3h1 t1_j231har wrote
Reply to TIL the original 1881 "Pinocchio" was a dark story that included the puppet's execution by hanging for his bad behavior (which included murdering Jiminy Cricket) by foodtower
Walt Disney... the original spin-doctor.
nsvxheIeuc3h2uddh3h1 t1_j1k068u wrote
TIL... Asterix, Obelix and Getafix were probably REAL.
nsvxheIeuc3h2uddh3h1 t1_iy098he wrote
Reply to comment by topcat5 in TIL The worlds first computer virus was developed by Jon Von Neumann in 1949. It served as proof that computer programs are capable of replicating themselves by s24569
Exactly. The Computer Program for the Apollo Moon Landing was hard-wired (ie: "woven").
nsvxheIeuc3h2uddh3h1 t1_iy08yv2 wrote
Reply to TIL The worlds first computer virus was developed by Jon Von Neumann in 1949. It served as proof that computer programs are capable of replicating themselves by s24569
"Project Rainbow" Jon Von Neumann?
He made a ship disappear earlier too...
nsvxheIeuc3h2uddh3h1 t1_iuh2wm8 wrote
Reply to TIL Peter Weller, who played RoboCop, went on to get his Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History and wrote his dissertation about Renaissance artist/philosopher Leon Battista Alberti by kamyizme
Well, Actors do need something to fall back on to pay the bills.
One of the Actors who had one of the leading roles in "Desperate Housewives" became a fully fledged Psychiatrist.
nsvxheIeuc3h2uddh3h1 t1_j60hyym wrote
Reply to comment by Lost_And_Found66 in TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
Achtung! Spitzenspurter!