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Who published a book that encrypted itself after the first reading?

Cyberpunk founder William Gibson, in collaboration with artist Dennis Ashbaugh and publisher Kevin Begos Jr., released the concept work "Agrippa (Book of the Dead)" in 1992. It consisted of an art album, which included a floppy disk with a poem dedicated to human memory and the gradual blurring of the fragments stored in it. The peculiarity was that the poem could be read only once, since at the first reading the program on the floppy disk encrypted the text. Likewise, the album's drawings and lettering were printed with photosensitive ink, which began to fade when exposed to light.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Where and when was aviation born?

The official birthday of aviation is December 17, 1903, when American inventors, the Wright brothers, made four flights in the sand dunes near Kitty Hawk in North Carolina (USA) in the Flyer 1 biplane of their own design.

During the first flight, the plane, piloted by Orville Wright, stayed in the air for 12 seconds and, having covered a distance of 36,5 meters, fell to the ground. During the longest flight, a biplane piloted by Wilber Wright flew 260 meters in 59 seconds and landed softly.

However, not everyone agrees with the priority of the brothers Orville and Wilber Wright. The French believe that the palm should be awarded to Clement Ader, whose aircraft in 1890 took off the ground by 20 centimeters. New Zealanders proudly remember Richard Piars, who in March 1903 flew 135 meters in a monoplane made of bamboo and canvas and crashed into a fence.

Until 1942, the priority of the Wright brothers was not recognized even in their own country. In protest, Orville Wright handed over his aircraft to the British Museum in 1928, and only in 1948 this relic returned to its homeland.

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