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Old 06-02-16, 04:37 PM   #577
Von Due
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Tom Lehrer was actually a very interesting person. He was a mathematician, a professor, and a participant in some of the projects carried out in Los Alamos and worked with the NSA:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer

One thing in the article I did not know about him is he was the inventor of the Jello-Shot; we must all now bow our heads in thanks to this true visionary...


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One of the real cool things, I think was he focused on teaching maths among other things after leaving the touring business. Only in recent years did I learn about his songwriting for Electric Company.
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