6. The Motion Picture Academy refused to nominate Tron (1982) for a special-effects award because, according to director Steven Lisberger, The Academy thought we cheated by using computers 
7. Mary Kenneth Keller, the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science in the United States also earned a Masters degree in Mathematics and Physics, helped develop computer programming languages and she was a Catholic nun. 
8. John Lasseter (CEO of Pixar) was fired from Disney for promoting computer animation 
9. Illegal prime numbers exist. An illegal prime is a prime number that represents information which is forbidden to possess or distribute. For example, when interpreted in a particular way, a certain prime describes a computer program that bypasses the digital rights management scheme used on DVDs 
10. The new Texas Instrument calculators have ABC keyboards because if they had QWERTY keyboards, they would be considered computers and wouldn't be allowed for standardized test taking 
