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British engineer J. A. Purves in his 'Dynasphere' vehicle, 1932 (lemmy.world)
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[–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's an interesting stage in development, too: bald on top, but still has the color. Maybe they're only a grumpy scientist?

[–] stammi@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wikipedia says it's the son.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That's also the reason my dad gave for his graying hair!

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Maybe it was an experiment gone explosively wrong