drmonkeysee

drmonkeysee t1_ja4a0ww wrote on February 26, 2023 at 7:04 PM

Reply to TIL: Because Nintendo could not get the rights to the Popeye cartoon character, they came up with Mario instead. by A_Bruised_Reed

Technically they came up with Jumpman. He wasn’t Mario until Mario Bros.

[edit] maybe. Seems like he was informally named Mario before Mario Bros.

drmonkeysee t1_izr3iqd wrote on December 11, 2022 at 5:28 AM

Reply to comment by Bretty_boy in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

They did do this every once in a while but you could only get limited data from such a test. Look up online some of the thermonuclear test sites; they were large buildings wired up with bulky sensors and support structures. Can’t fit that on a boat.