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RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - GMach1 - 15-01-2019 20:34
(15-01-2019 18:50 )rpj316 Wrote: On January 24th 1984 Apple launched its first computer to bear the name “Macintosh".
The revolutionary machine introduced the mass market to the combination of a graphical user interface,a mouse,a nine inch screen, floppy disc drive and 128k of RAM.
It was revealed on a TV commercial directed by Ridley Scott that aired during the Superbowl.
One of the first people to buy the computer was John Knoll's father.Knoll would later create Photoshop with his brother Thomas and eventually join Industrial Light and Magic.
The advert was based on 1984 by George Orwell and believe it or not the sinister face on the screen was David Graham who voiced Parker in Thunderbirds. Also in the crowd were skinheads and some criminals who were used as extras to make it look more realistic.(This and other kids stuff will appear in my new thread coming soon)
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 22:24
BBC 2 first went on air in 1964. The first programme shown was ‘Play School’
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 22:34
John Lydon revealed to the ‘Scottish Daily Record’ that Mick Jagger paid for Sid Vicious’ lawyers when Sid was under arrest for the murder of Nancy Spungen in 1978. “I don’t think Malcolm (McLaren) lifted a finger” mused Lydon, “For that I have a good liking of Mick Jagger”.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 22:38
Former F1 racing driver Stirling Moss is famous for finishing second in the Drivers Championship more times than anyone else -four- without winning a title.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - The Goatman - 15-01-2019 23:13
Due to the lack of an "r" sound in Japanese, Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - The Goatman - 15-01-2019 23:15
Coca Cola ended its deal with Ronaldinho when he was caught sipping a Pepsi
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - The Goatman - 15-01-2019 23:16
In ancient Greece, the word "idiot" referred to all non-politicians
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - The Goatman - 15-01-2019 23:18
In the Arabic version of the Simpsons, Homer is called Omar Shamshoom
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 23:41
In his 1984 novel ‘Neuromancer’, novelist William Gibson predicted hacking, virtual reality, the World Wide Web and cyberspace - a decade before the internet took the form we know today.
RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 15-01-2019 23:45
Jules Verne’s 1865 ‘From the Earth to the Moon’ speculated about a light propelled spacecraft. That technology exists today in solar sails, which are a form of spacecraft propulsion used by NASA.