Round 1 · strip 4 of 4 · Monday, November 9, 2026

Max's game has a bug. Nib explains that in 1947 engineers found a real moth stuck inside the Harvard Mark II computer and taped it in their logbook as the 'First actual case of bug being found.' Max grabs a flyswatter; Nib facepalms.
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The First Actual Bug

Real fact: On September 9, 1947, engineers testing the Harvard Mark II computer found a moth stuck in a relay. They taped it into their logbook as the “first actual case of bug being found.” That logbook is now at the Smithsonian.

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