Absent Minded facts
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A real-live "Flubber" was produced by Hasbro to promote the sequel to "The Absent Minded Professor," but the substance turned out to be severely toxic and impossible to destroy or dispose of.
Isaac Newton, Adam Smith, André-Marie Ampère, Nikola Tesla, Archimedes, Pierre Curie and Albert Einstein are considered "absent-minded professors" because they are so engrossed in their "own world" that they fail to keep track of their surroundings
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Paul Schrader, screenwriter for films such as American Gigolo, Taxi Driver, and Raging Bull, had never seen a film until he was 17, due to his religious upbringing. The first film he saw was the Absent-Minded Professor.
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The first recorded instance of the "absent-minded professor" dates to around 500 BCEs, when the philosopher Thales was said to have been so entranced by the stars during a midnight walk that he fell into a well
