Phoning it in today:
The Harvard Mark II, also known as the Aiken Relay Calculator, was an electromechanical computer built under the direction of Howard Aiken at Harvard University, completed in 1947...
The Mark II is also known for being the computer with the first recorded instance of an actual bug (a moth) disrupting its operation. The insect was extracted from the machine's electronics and taped to the log book, with the note "first actual case of [a] bug being found", on September 9, 1947.
Speaking of bugs, I ran into one trying to upload the picture of the original bug. So here's a link to it, since I can't seem to embed right now, lol.
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