"It's said that the 17th- and 18th-century polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was the last person to know everything. He was a whiz at philosophy, law, logic, science, engineering, politics-the works. But there was also simply less to know back then; the post-Industrial Revolution knowledge explosion killed the universal genius. Which is to say that I bet Leibniz wouldn't know the full oeuvre of K-pop if he were alive today."
"The Blair Witch Project, which purports to be the cobbled-together clips from a camcorder discovered in the woods, popularized the film subgenre with what alliterative name? - From the Atlantic Culture Desk's "Nine Movies That Break Down How Fear Works" What young star was the face on the poster for Wes Craven's Scream despite being killed off in the movie's opening scene? - From the Atlantic Culture Desk's "Nine Movies That Break Down How Fear Works""
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was historically regarded as the last person to know everything, excelling across philosophy, law, logic, science, engineering, and politics. The Industrial Revolution and a subsequent explosion of knowledge ended the era of the universal genius. A modern polymath would likely lack comprehensive mastery of sprawling contemporary cultural fields like K-pop while still being able to master a single, limited domain. Halloween-themed film trivia highlights that The Blair Witch Project popularized the found-footage subgenre and that the Scream poster featured Drew Barrymore despite her character's early death. Alfred Hitchcock used chocolate syrup as blood and a casaba melon to reproduce the sound of a knife plunging into flesh.
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