Absolute Johannes factotum
- SCP-079-IT (?)
- SCP-079-IT is an old Olivetti M-20 computer from 1982 that, despite lacking a hard drive, can connect to and copy processes from other electronic devices. When connected, it often crashes and reboots, losing any absorbed information. It also contains a preinstalled, highly advanced real-time simulation game set in Ancient Rome, called SCP-079-IT-1, which should not be able to run on such an old machine and cannot be saved or directly interacted with through its interface. Later discoveries revealed that interacting with the game, even through simple keyboard commands, doesn't just change a virtual world but actually alters historical events in the real past, leading to retroactive changes in history, such as the origins of certain organizations. Due to its reality-bending properties, all experiments on SCP-079-IT are now forbidden, and it is kept in a highly secure location with very limited access.
- Nix v. Hedden (?)
- The Supreme Court case *Nix v. Hedden* (1893) unanimously ruled that for the purpose of tariffs, imports, and customs, a tomato should be classified as a vegetable, not a fruit. While botanically a fruit, the Court determined that the Tariff Act of 1883 used the common, everyday meaning of "fruit" and "vegetable," which considers how the item is typically used and eaten. Justice Horace Gray's opinion emphasized that in common speech, tomatoes are consumed as a main course, like other vegetables, rather than as a dessert, distinguishing them from fruits in popular perception. This decision set a precedent for interpreting common meanings in legal contexts, particularly when words have no special meaning in trade or commerce.