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  2. Bertie the Brain - Wikipedia

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    Bertie the Brain was a video game version of tic-tac-toe, built by Dr. Josef Kates for the 1950 Canadian National Exhibition. [1] Kates had previously worked at Rogers Majestic designing and building radar tubes during World War II, then after the war pursued graduate studies in the computing center at the University of Toronto while continuing to work at Rogers Majestic. [2]

  3. Josef Mengele - Wikipedia

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    Josef Rudolf Mengele (German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈmɛŋələ] ⓘ; 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and physician during World War II at the Russian front and then at Auschwitz during the Holocaust, where he was nicknamed the "Angel of Death" (German: Todesengel). [1]

  4. List of creepypastas - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. Online horror fiction Creepypastas are horror -related legends or images that have been copied and pasted around the Internet. These Internet entries are often brief, user-generated, paranormal stories intended to scare, frighten, or discomfort readers. The term "creepypasta" originates ...

  5. History of video games - Wikipedia

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    The history of video games began in the 1950s and 1960s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes. Spacewar! was developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student hobbyists in 1962 as one of the first such games on a video display. The first consumer video game hardware ...

  6. The Disappearance of Josef Mengele - Wikipedia

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    Josef Mengele arrives under the pseudonym of Helmut Gregor in 1949 in Argentina. He was on the run for 4 years, abandoned by his wife and son, but believes now he can find refuge under Perón, who was friendly to Nazis, as he believed Nazis would help in the war against communist atheism. Mengele does not regret his actions.

  7. 1979 in games - Wikipedia

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    This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1979. For video games, see 1979 in video gaming . Games released or invented in 1979

  8. 1999 in games - Wikipedia

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    1 Games released or invented in 1999. 2 Game awards given in 1999. 3 Significant games-related events of 1999. 4 Deaths. ... For video games, see 1999 in video gaming.

  9. History of games - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in 1971, video arcade games began to be offered to the public for play. The first home video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey, was released in 1972. [86] [87] The golden age of arcade video games began in 1978 and continued through to the mid-1980s.