MDMD[5] p. 155 (Clocks amd Time)

[Sojourner]

At 11:22 AM 8/5/97 -0400, Matthew P Wiener wrote:
>
>The modern meaning of "black hole" was invented by J A Wheeler in the
>1960s, but the Black Hole of Calcutta was the 18th reference.
>

I think Kipling gets the BHofC ref. credit doesnt he?

>(Personally, Simba reminds me of some cartoon from the 60s, but that may
>well be Kimba.  It's been a while.)

Personally it comes close to "Sambo", which has a lot of ugly connotations
in my own mind.