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TIL the father of supercomputing, Seymour Cray, had a hobby of digging a tunnel under his home.

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Seymour Cray - Wikipedia

Another favorite pastime was digging a tunnel under his home; he attributed the secret of his success to "visits by elves" while he worked in the tunnel: "While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem."

Wikipedia cited a rather entertaining Time article as a citation for this.

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