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Before he was known as Hollywood's quintessential tough guy, Lee Marvin served as a scout in the U.S. Marine Corps' 4th Division. During the brutal Battle of Saipan in June 1944, machine gun fire severed his sciatic nerve, a wound that hospitalized him for over a year and earned him the Purple Heart. After his discharge in 1945, he utilized the educational benefits of the G.I. Bill to train as an actor in New York. His breakthrough film role came in 'The Big Heat' (1953), but his career-defining

11K views · 193 reactions | The Han Dynasty's Jacquard textile machine, which operated on a binary principle some 2000 years ago, can be considered an early precursor to the modern computer. It implemented what could be regarded as the world's first form of "programming". #古人的智慧 #古代科技 #ChinaTech #ancientchinatech | Beautiful places in China | Facebook