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Fun Feynman fact: He was friends with an artist who, among other things, built a home in the hills of Altadena (an LA suburb) using discarded construction mater
by RangerScience 10y ago
Fun Feynman fact: He was friends with an artist who, among other things, built a home in the hills of Altadena (an LA suburb) using discarded construction materials from the area, and that was predominantly not enclosed, as he had claustrophobia from being smuggled out of Armenia during the genocide - I think in a coffin?
Wikipedia has some of the information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jirayr_Zorthian#Friendship_with_Richard_Feynman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jirayr_Zorthian#Friendship_wit... , but if you go to the ranch the people there will tell you more.
- thfuran 10y agoThat sounds more like a Zorthian fact than a Feynman fact.
- RangerScience 10y agoEh. The people in your life are pretty significant, and I doubt most people here have heard of Zorthian. For example, it's both a Tesla and Twain fun fact that they were buds, but I don't have to explain who either of those people are. Edit: Still, fair critique.