the_devinci_code t1_ismkjb2 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 2:29 AM Reply to 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. by es_price Almost had a stroke reading that title. Permalink 11
the_devinci_code t1_ismkjb2 wrote
Reply to 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. by es_price
Almost had a stroke reading that title.