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Snow White was the first full-length animated feature film in history. It was animated entirely by hand and took Walt Disney and his studio three year to complete. It was exponentially more expensive than the animated shorts the studio had produced until that time and met with considerable opposition. Disney eventually had to mortgage his house to help finance the project, which was derisively nicknamed "Disney's Folly" by those in the film industry. How much did the film go on to earn? More...
Historic Trivia pick - F.D.C. Willard
THE CAT WHO TAUGHT US PHYSICS
Few humans can match the academic achievements ascribed to a certain Siamese named Felis Domesticus Chester (F.D.C.) Willard. He proved his mental mettle by co-authoring - with his human company, Michigan State University professor J.H. Hetherington - two research papers on low-energy physics.
Willard earned his unique place in scientific history thanks to a typing issue. When Hetherington asked an associate to proof an article before submission, he was told that because he was the sole author, the piece couldn't be published until the editorial we - used throughout - was changed to I. Nowadays this could be accomplished using the "find and replace all" function on one's computer, but this was 1975, and Hetherington would have to spend days retyping.
Instead, he found a collaborator. He gave F.D.C. Willard second billing on the title page of his article, which was duly published in Physical Review Letters. The piece was so warmly received that in 1980 Hetherington presented a second scholarly work under his cat's name alone. The subterfuge was finally exposed when a visitor to Hetherington's office, upon learning the professor was out, asked to see Willard instead.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Premieres
- 1995 - Palestinians take control of Bethlehem
Isreali troops withdrew from the city under the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip signed in September 1995. The city was under a British mandate from 1920 to 1948, and then it was captured by Jordan during the Arab-Israeli War in 1948. Most recently, it was taken over by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967. - 1988 - Lockerbie Bombing
A bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight number 103 on its way from Frankfurt, Germany, to Detroit, United States, over the Scottish city of Lockerbie. The terrorist attack killed all the passengers and crew on board and 11 people on the ground. - 1965 - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination adopted
The human rights convention was adopted by the United Nations' member states and was put into force on January 4, 1969. It attempts to eliminate racial discrimination in the world. - 1872 - Phileas Fogg wins his wager
The fictional character created by French writer Jules Verne for his book, Around the World in Eighty Days, finished circumnavigating the world and reached London to win the wager he had set with his friends. The date also coincides with the publication of the last of the series that ended up becoming the now popular science fiction novel.
Historic Trivia pick - F.D.C. WillardTHE CAT WHO TAUGHT US PHYSICS
Few humans can match the academic achievements ascribed to a certain Siamese named Felis Domesticus Chester (F.D.C.) Willard. He proved his mental mettle by co-authoring - with his human company, Michigan State University professor J.H. Hetherington - two research papers on low-energy physics.
Willard earned his unique place in scientific history thanks to a typing issue. When Hetherington asked an associate to proof an article before submission, he was told that because he was the sole author, the piece couldn't be published until the editorial we - used throughout - was changed to I. Nowadays this could be accomplished using the "find and replace all" function on one's computer, but this was 1975, and Hetherington would have to spend days retyping.
Instead, he found a collaborator. He gave F.D.C. Willard second billing on the title page of his article, which was duly published in Physical Review Letters. The piece was so warmly received that in 1980 Hetherington presented a second scholarly work under his cat's name alone. The subterfuge was finally exposed when a visitor to Hetherington's office, upon learning the professor was out, asked to see Willard instead.
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