Steve Wozniak (and, to some extent, Steve Jobs himself), used to be, before starting Apple in their garage, quite well known in the Phreak/Blue Box community. Wozniak’ nickname was… “The Woz”!
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Lee’s Miserables
During the American Civil War, the general Lee’s Southern troops called themselves “Lee’s Miserables”, as a tribute to Victor Hugo’s book, Les Misérables.
Coming out
It’s only in 1990 that the World Health Organization took the decision to withdraw homosexuality from its list of mental diseases.
Peugeot faster than Porsche
The Porsche 901 presented at the Frankfurt exhibition in 1963 was removed from the market at the beginning of its production in may 1964. Indeed, Peugeot company had already registered all car names with 3 digits and a zero in the middle.
Books
Titles on the spines of books are oriented differently whether the print is French or English.
Mine is longer…
The longest beard ever was 3 meters 30 centimeters long (10ft 11”) and was grown by a Frenchman called Louis Coulon.
Harry PotTREE
For the american edition of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, 217 475 trees were cut.
And they lived happily
Mansuetus and Lynx, Spontex administrators, got married in fall 2007.
Very very small
The world’s smallest book is “Teeny Ted From Turnip Town”, and measures 0.1mm by 0.07mm.
Night vision !
Most pirates had two eyes in perfect condition, but kept an eye patch on one of them to keep it adjusted to darkness, facilitating night navigation and the passage from the upper deck (in daylight) to lower bridges (very dark).
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
In the Star Wars universe, there are spaceships, laser beams, anti-gravitational modules but the holographic communications sound like a 1920’s phone.
Banzaï !
Before becoming a battle cry in the mouth of kamikaze, “Banzai” was used to express respect for the emperor, wishing him happiness and longevity, still in use today.
One date, two destinies
Osama Bin Laden and Chuck Norris celebrate their birthdays on the same day!
