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‘Weird History’ Is An Account That Shares Interesting, Odd, And Funny Things That Happened Throughout History (40 New Pics)
Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it, so the saying goes, so one would think our history classes would be a lot more interesting and vital. Alas, that’s rarely the case. Fortunately, the internet finds a solution to everything.
The “Weird History” Twitter account gathers trivia, fun facts, and interesting images from the past in an attempt to make the entirety of human existence more digestible to the average person. So “scroll” through and upvote whatever surprised you and add your own historical fun facts in the comments section.
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Monica Michelle 2 years ago
I did an episode on her for my kids history podcast (I can't believe that happened) she became a beatutician to pay for her lying lessons and passagw to France
Hiram's Friend 2 years ago
A lot of American blacks went to Paris where they were treated as human beings.
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David 2 years ago
BAD - 700 years ago some folks thought women should not be educated. WORSE: 700 years later some people STILL think that.
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
Henry VIII didn't dare lop her, as her brother was the Emperor. She never acknowledged the divorce, claiming to her death that she was rightwise Queen of England.
Kallen Kneeland 2 years ago
Denying someone the right to learn facts and theories and just any old knowledge has ALWAYS been the way to keep them subjugated. I'm talking to you Florida and Xtian Evangelicals.
Easily Excitable Panda 2 years ago
It was controversial at the time... and the way things are going (at least here in the US) it soon will be again.
Stich Lover 2 years ago
She really is a cool person, I just got cast as her in my school's production of Six and my director told me to do some research on her and her life was truly fascinating!
#3
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
I'm kinda happy that they must have felt very satisfied that they could help
Susan Thomas 2 years ago
Too bad even if they made their way home, they still couldn’t breathe.
Belle Miles 2 years ago
One or "Many"? A (Singular) Person? The Blind School? OR That's really is Amazing.
Sunny Day 2 years ago
I think this is an exaggeration. Walking home in fog in the city? You walk in a straight line - if you veer left or right you either step off the curb or run into a building or fence. Then you count how many streets you've crossed to identify when to turn.
M Bow 2 years ago
The smog made people extremely unwell so I imagine that factored in.
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The world is such a big place that everyday things are happening, making it almost impossible for anyone to keep track. Not to mention, humans have wild imaginations, so we constantly concoct and invent scenarios in our heads. A regular topic of discussion for history aficionados is the question of “What if?” This can really be applied to any well-known event, but it can be even more interesting to look at something less known.
For example, when the modern state of Israel was formed, Albert Einstein was offered its presidency. It’s unclear if his physics abilities would have translated to a political career in any meaningful way, but the spectacle would have been interesting. However, as you can probably already guess, he declined the offer.
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CT 2 years ago
Back to USA. In New York City, Owens was invited to a reception in his honor at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, but hotel policy prohibited him from using the front door. Jesse Owens was also denied the opportunity to visit President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House, though his white teammates were invited.
New Everywhere 2 years ago
It seems so mentally unstable to work so hard to deny someone based on skin color. Just reading that and knowing history, it is absolutely ABSURD
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sofacushionfort 2 years ago
US runner Marty Glickman was replaced in the 400 meter by Jesse Owens by order of Avery Brundage. Brundage felt it “the lesser of two evils” to pit a Black American rather than an American Jew against Hitler’s master race. Overall, Brundage is not kindly regarded by sports historians
Brocken Blue 2 years ago
Damn… can’t believe I’ve read articles about those Olympics so many times and still never heard about this. Just… damn
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Charity Angel 2 years ago
That's the bit about his story that is really striking. When I was young, we were taught that [you know who] refused to award the medal, but that's not true at all. I suppose it seemed better for certain people (governments) to spread that rumour so that the actual truth didn't get out.
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Cathy Jo Baker 2 years ago
Jesse Owens is one of my heroes! I was sad to learn the Jesse Owens Museum in Alabama has closed.
Jessica Cifelli 2 years ago
He looks like he can't believe he won and terrified at the same time
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
What's weird about this? Jesse Owens has been famous for the 1936 Olympics since (checks notes) 1936
Majungasaurus 2 years ago (edited)
It’s not the fact that he’s famous that’s weird. It’s the details surrounding his story. The fact that a black man won a gold medal in racist Nazi freakin Germany’s Olympics is awesome enough, but it gets even more interesting from there!
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Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
How does the US become the topic of every post? Can we just appreciate Finland for a second?
Carbonel 2 years ago
Yep, every baby born in Scotland gets a “baby box”. Even the box itself is designed to be used as a crib, if so wished.
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Mz Phit 2 years ago
And I got a novelty pen from the hospital. Yay. (They let me take home a wonderful baby too)
Me myself and I 2 years ago
We do this in scotland as well but according to the MSM it's a very bad thing to do.... but hey ho!
Peeka_Mimi 2 years ago
I could have used this when both my kids were born we were damn near penniless.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
How very civilised - I wish many, many other countries (looking at you, USA and UK in particular) would learn from this enlightened approach.
Hiram's Friend 2 years ago
Finland population: 5.5 million; population US: 331 million.
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two-sided llama 2 years ago
im totally not googling how to fake pregnant and how to move to finland
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Headless Roach 2 years ago
And that bark was just a weird burp. Feed him better.
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Nikole 2 years ago
I had a large cat once… An orange and white Norwegian Forest Cat I got at a shelter. I miss Mister (his name) so much still.
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Take me to dinner first 2 years ago (edited)
Dear Selwyn College, why did you only ban dogs? Why not humans as well?
One of the better links to the past that we still observe regularly are the Olympic games. Obviously, they are quite different from the ancient games, as we include a lot more events, we don’t hold them exclusively in Greece and the participants aren’t naked. But even the modern games do change more often than we think. In the 1920s, for example, tug of war was a legitimate event where national teams competed to pull a rope.
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Bryn 2 years ago
There's a Stuff You Missed In History podcast episode about her
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Dani M 2 years ago
there is speculation if she was intersex or transgender or just very butch. she had female lovers and was pretty badass
LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 2 years ago
I was hoping to see a comment like this. Thank you 😊
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Omni Unicorn 2 years ago
To add to this fabulous story, the cousin she adopted had wanted her hand in marriage! She really said "you're more like a son to me."
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Esme Love and Squalor 2 years ago
So sad how quickly things changed for women there/ from miniskirts and sweater sets to burkas and not allowed to leave the house without a male escort 😢
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago
I was just reading an article about how women have stopped covering their hair in public, and the government is going after businesses that allow them entry, even taxi drivers that take them as clients. More power to them and I hope they get everything they want. I'm sorry they have to fight for their basic human rights.
Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
there will be more beatings and death to women there
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ADDee 2 years ago
Fück clerics and religious people, not necessarily religion itself.
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Jesus Ortiz 2 years ago
Although I'm very happy that those women had so many ways to express themselves, and be free to do whatsoever they desired without much interference. We cannot forget that this only came about due to English extortion in part by the oil company BP, and the CIA putting in the Shah, as a "puppet" ruler. To allow American interests to essentially bleed the nation dry, and suck the riches out of there. Once the people had enough of America's intervention, the Islamic revolution happened. Basically, colonialism "helped" and then colonialism f****d it up.
El Dee 2 years ago
Ah yes, Iran and Afghanistan were both quite modern and friendly countries but no 'aligned' then certain foreign countries (which shall remain nameless as to not embarrass the UK and US) decided to interfere and take over. We can see how well that worked out..
Jesus Ortiz 2 years ago
Yup, the Islamic revolutions came as a a revolt against those two nameless powers that you kept secret. Crazy that people don't like it when their resources, goods, and money are stolen from right in front of their faces.
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Caro Caro 2 years ago
FYI: This monument honors the legendary 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters. The black granite obelisk is a replica of a 1997 memorial that stands at Sechault in Northern France, where the 369th soldiers distinguished themselves during World War I. https://www.nycgovparks.org/
David H 2 years ago (edited)
Not exactly 100% true. Only some US Black regiments served under the French some served under US command, as Pershing had spent his career as an officer in black regiments (let's just say his nickname "Black Jack" was sanitized version, and his nickname had nothing to do with cards, but his support for black soldiers), and even requested the only Black Colonel in the US army for his staff (an old friend he served with). He was under pressure from the Wilson administration to not use black soldiers in combat, but he also wanted to use them, then t he French wanted American troops to shore up their numbers, but he w as told by the War Department t o try and avoid putting US troops under foreign command. His assigning of several black regiments to the French became his perfect solution. But some fought under US command. Also Jazz was introduced by several US black regiments, not just the Harlem one, the 10th Cavalry Band and the 1st Ohio Colored Regiment's band contributed a s well.
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago
In World War II the locals in British pubs would start fistfights with American MPs when they tried to remove Black servicemen.
The Hairy Wardog 2 years ago
Great song by Sabaton. They were also one of the only regiments to never surrender or retreat.
gerard julien 2 years ago
THE REASON WHY THEY SERVED UNDER THE FRENCH ARMY : "The U.S. Army decided on 8 April 1918 to assign the unit to the French Army for the duration of American participation in the war because many white American soldiers refused to perform combat duty with African-Americans."
gerard julien 2 years ago
"the Harlem Hellfighters, was an infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard during World War I and World War II. The regiment consisted mainly of African Americans, though it also included men from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guyana, Liberia, Portugal, Canada, the West Indies, as well as American white officers. "
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Helen Taylor 2 years ago
There were other black regiments used for supply. It was a dangerous job.
Reportedly, Britain did quite well, with its team often consisting of London City police. In the years where tug of war featured, they won two gold and one silver medals. How exactly being a police officer made you better at pulling a rope is unclear, but the results speak for themselves. These days new events are being added as the sports and activities of the world change and adapt to modern demands.
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Sergio Bicerra 2 years ago
The tallest one I think is the great Frank Oz, who did many of the voices, also a great director.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
The Muppets are only now coming to terms with how wrong it was to have someone's hand up their butts just to stay in show biz
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
I love Kermie but Miss Piggy doesn't approve Jim Henson spoke at my late sister's college graduation. It was at the University of Maryland.
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Aisling Raye 2 years ago
How in the ever living hell did I manage to miss out on this!! I've been to Rome twice! I have failed myself... time to book another trip.
Amanda Brain 2 years ago
If its the place I am thinking of its a sanctuary. Stumbled on it walking around Rome after getting lost.
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It is in Rome and I have been there to see all the cats. They are very friendly and get treated well
Analyn Lahr 2 years ago
I think Julius Caesar might have hated cats or been afraid of them. Or was that Napoleon? Maybe both. I think a lot of dictators hated cats.
While it makes sense when we think about it for a moment, often it’s easy to forget that almost everything we see and do has links to the past. Take, for example, ketchup. Originally, it was made with mushrooms and looked, tasted, and smelled a lot different from the tomato-based condiment we find everywhere today. We are all probably familiar with the concept of comfort eating, but originally, it was also used as medicine.
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David 2 years ago
Posed photo apparently. But the interesting thing to me is - Yesterday prohibition is in effect. The next morning they have a bunch of factory labeled bottles. So it seems like prohibition wasn't doing so great anyway. I knew there was booze but I'm surprised to see the bottles have labels about where they came from.
Sven Grammersdorf 2 years ago
Booze was produced and sold as a prescription medicine during prohibition
Load More Replies... Charity Angel 2 years ago
My town too (NW England). Across the road from me, if forced to narrow it down. There was a terrace demolished at some point, and the land is now greenspace. Pretty to look at, but at night it attracts the more... interesting elements of society.
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Ian Rose 2 years ago
So obviously posed . Look at how rigid the subjects posture is. If he was truly that inebriated, he would be totally relaxed, & his outfit would not look "freshly laundered" such a BS photo
DonnerDinnerParty 2 years ago
Wtf? So it is wrong to pose for a photo now..? That is so f*****g stupid. OF COURSE IT IS A POSED PHOTO. Nothing states "passed out morning after prohibition" or anything of the sort! Your comment is just stupid
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Hilary Gilbertson 2 years ago
I was just thinking "Amazing that this was so long ago".
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The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
This is what all my baby photos look like 😄 But I'm only 250 years old, so she's got me beat!
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Magda SouSilva 2 years ago
With Father Son and Holy Ghost (now it's quite rare to see the trinity represented)
Jan Rosier 2 years ago
Yes please, where can I sign up? 57 but still a kid. And definitely would add some horns to the seated figure...
And it’s not just simple condiments that have a lot more behind them than it would seem at first glance, the Easter Island heads are a good example. First, it’s wrong to call them just heads, these monolithic statues have bodies that extend deep into the ground. And there aren’t just a handful of them in one spot, there are, in total, 887 of them across the island. Each weighs approximately twelve tons or over 28’000 pounds, raising questions about how and why the locals decided on this particular item of decor.
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
Not a really bad man until he lied to the world and the UN about weapons of mass destruction, to justify the US and a few allies' invasion of Iraq.
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Sinkvenice 2 years ago
People taking self portraits have been a thing since the invention of photography. It's ridiculous to think that "selfies" (I abhor that term) are strictly a camera phone phenomenon.
Bloodyklaws 2 years ago
Um, he sold his soul to Bush and Rumsfield and Wolfowitz. This man helped sell the Iraq invasion and “wmds” to the public. He is just as much a war criminal ad the rest of them. Just facts folks
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
My father went to the same high school as he did. Different grades, tho.
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David 2 years ago
It appears to be broken / repaired about the middle of the blade. Purpose of slots to trap sword blade is obvious but with so much cut away the quality of the steel / craftsmanship was likely a major thing. It also looks like a LOT of work to make considering the shaping was likely mostly hand filing. Possibly you could forge some of the detail. I'm not a blacksmith.
David 2 years ago
Yeah that was my thought. You can see with the shape of the slots they would likely twist the knife to put a bind on the sword blade and either snap it and/or cause the opponent to lose their grip.
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MaximumKarmaSaint 2 years ago
WAIT I USED THIS IN AN RPG ONCE..except it was a greatsword instead of a dagger, but I remember the weapon definitely having those spikes!
OwenHasADHD 2 years ago
Looks like the spikes/gaps are to catch a sword blade between them
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Blair Andrews 2 years ago (edited)
This is how Wyoming rolls! Photo taken in Sheridan, WY, not Canada. And it's big bull elk, not a reindeer.
GirlFriday 2 years ago
Santa is an a-hole. If Santa knows when you are sleeping, awake, and whether you have been good or bad, then he knew those other reindeer were bullying Rudolph and he did nothing. NOTHING.
tHeBoRdEsTpAnDa 2 years ago
FUN FACT: Male reindeer shed antlers in winter, growing new, often larger ones in spring, whereas females don't lose their antlers until the birthing period in spring!
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
Poor Rudolph, escaped Santa and ended up in a worse position
Speaking of ancient statues, if you were like me, you had an obsession with ancient Egypt as a child. But have you ever noticed that many statues from that time period are missing their noses? The precise answer is unclear, as time and erosion could have specifically targeted this part. However, it could be a result of human intervention. Statues represented rulers and dynasties, if one had usurped power, which would happen often enough at the time, it would make sense to diminish the influence of your opponent. But this one may just remain a mystery, unfortunately. If you want to read more interesting historical facts, check out Bored Panda’s other articles here, here, and here.
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Andy 2 years ago
Depending on what we are defining as trousers, Ötzi the iceman's would be even older. Over 5000 years old, but the legs were 2 separate sections attached to a belt with straps, so not sure if it counts
Thegoodboi 2 years ago
That's what I'm wondering. Where would their woodphones go?
Load More Replies... pelemele 2 years ago
The most oldest pants were discovered in a tomb in Xinjiang province in China and not in Egypt.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
I believe that the real fact is that these are the oldest pair of *woven* pants.
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David H 2 years ago
It was actually a 11 year old girl, Grace Bedell, who wrote him a letter saying he would look more dashing if he had beard, he sent a letter back saying he would consider it, and a month later was appearing with t he beard. The letter is in a museum. In 1861 after being elected her actually visited her to thank her in person. She also wrote to him during the war at age 15 asking for a job in the Treasury Department. There is a statue to her in the town in New York where she was from
Goth Nurse 2 years ago
He grew a beard because of a little girl told him he'd look better with it.
two-sided llama 2 years ago
it was becuase a 11 year old girl named Grace Bedell urged him to grow his bread to help him get elected. there is a momunent honoring where they met
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Huddo's sister 2 years ago
My brother saw The Lord of the Rings with the MSO at Hamer Hall last week, not sure who was conducting though. They were also doing the Princess Bride there, probably would do Star Wars too.
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Ty Stratton-Quirk 2 years ago
And Carrie Fisher, overflowing with personality and humor, as always.
Neville Nicol 2 years ago
Back when he was banging a 17 year old co-star while married to his wife
two-sided llama 2 years ago
for a second i thought the hari was his face i was like WHAT THE F**K
Lisa Greene 2 years ago
He sent me flowers for my birthday one year. My husband was the tech consultant on his film Firewall, which Hollywood wanted to call it the wrong Element, my husband suggested the other name. Hollywood doesn't care about being correct as far as the tech in that movie goes. But they wouldn't listen to their expert. We did go to the opening which was fun. Harrison is a lovely person.
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ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
it's literally not though? in fact, there's an engraving of kilroy at the WW2 memorial in DC to the left coming from the Pacific side. I looked it up, and can find nothing that suggests its from the great war.
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Elizabeth Elliot 2 years ago
We used to draw it with two straight lines, one wavy line, plus the eyes!
Jan Rosier 2 years ago (edited)
My granddad worked in shipyards in Antwerp as a welder, he died 1969 when I was 3. I heard loads of stories about his life through my dad. One of his jobs in the docks was welding and riveting on the hulls and in bulkcargo holds for liquids in large ships. These liquidholds are covered obviously, so very dark, and also compartimented so the liquid has less chance to start sploshing about and causing the boat to rock. To get from one compartment to another, there were ‘manholes’ he had to crawl through. (in fact these wholes served as connectors so the hold could be filled via one opening, thus filling all compartments) When he went through one into the next compartment, he used a piece of waxcrayon to mark which one he had just crawled through, then dragged his equipment through. To find his way back, he just had to look at the opposite wall (lit by a carbid lamp like am miner on his helmet) to find his personal marking. I was told this was similar to what Kilroy did, though my granddad could hardly read or write – so his was a quick scribble.
Sami-Jo Ross 2 years ago
Oh my god I've seen this! There's a little knickknack and thrift shop up the road from the auto shop I work at and it's got that exact image on the side of the building, made to look like someone was peeking over a fence. I had no idea it was that old!
2WheelTravlr 2 years ago
It may not be that old, we still scrawled it everywhere in the 1970s.
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David 2 years ago
With no tail rotor I wonder how they compensated for spin so the 'pilot' didn't end up looking like a hand mixer.
Mario Strada 2 years ago (edited)
First thing that popped in my head. The second was "How did the pilot get decapitated sitting right below the rotor hub?
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Ericthedead 2 years ago
Russians would have kept using it. The instructions would just say that it takes one Russian per flight. They be more worried about the gas consumption.
Ingo Sauer 2 years ago
"'Tis but a scratch." Imagine headless corpses hovering over you mowing your lawn with their copterpack engines going pft-pft-pft-pft while they slowly drift over to that neighbor you don't like so much.
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Chintan Shah 2 years ago
This is clearly false, dragons didn't learn to use axes until the dragon age about 2300 years ago
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Ken Beattie 2 years ago
It is, they're jade inlay. There is a much better picture here: https://www.arthistoryproject.com/timeline/the-ancient-world/ancient-china/hafted-axe-with-dragons/
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M O'Connell 2 years ago
This was a concept car, only one of them was ever built.
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SCamp 2 years ago
Oh wow, why can’t we do whimsical design like this anymore? I mean, I know why not, but why not??
2WheelTravlr 2 years ago (edited)
This is a "Show Car" (we call them Concept Cars now), meaning it was never a production vehicle and typically only one or two were built. Some were driveable, others weren't. Really fun design though!
gerard julien 2 years ago
" The Oldsmobile Golden Rocket was a two-seater show car built by Oldsmobile for the 1956 General Motors Motorama. "
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LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 2 years ago
Chernobyl is a shining example that nature thrives in absence of humans.
Michelle Quiej 2 years ago
I remember when this happened, it affected us in Sweden too! Very scary
The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
Same with Estonia. My mom and grandma experienced the event, and my mom was pregnant with me when it happened. I was a "Chernobyl" baby (1986) born with lots of weird issues. They kept me in a hospital for months behind glass and iron 😕 I'm seemingly okay now, but I really have to take care of my health.
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This number heavily depends on what you mean by Chernobyl, since it can refer to the nuclear power plant, the exclusion zone, the original administrative district, or the actual city. It’s also sometimes used incorrectly to refer to the city in the picture, which is called Pripyat and was the closest city to the power plant. Parts of the exclusion zone are actually sort of habitable now. For example: The actual city of Chernobyl, which is where the exclusion zone management organization is based, has a population of about 1000. Pripyat will probably not be habitable for at least a few thousand years. Areas right around the plant will probably not be safe for over 10,000 years and probably what the 20,000 year number is referring to.
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago
To humans...don't look into the abandoned dogs situation...it will break your heart.
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Noname 2 years ago
So... if Adams was busy and his dog wanted to play, did Adams say, "not today, Satan!"?
Margaret H 2 years ago
Oh, can you imagine the Bible Belt Bashers these days if you tried to do the same now?!
MargyB 2 years ago
A Brit just got approval to name his son Lucifer, which I think was only mentioned once as a name for the devil. The Greek meaning of Lucifer is lovely. Look it up, I can't remember what it was
Noname 2 years ago (edited)
But you could easily look it up and post it @MargyB... Lucifer, in the Bible, was God's favorite angel. Lucifer= light bearer, in Greek and Latin. I named my kid Lucette because she is the tiny light in my life. That she happened to be born on the saints day for Lucette (Santa Lucia), who is revered in Sweden and Sicily, is just a delightful coincidence.
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MisGra 2 years ago
I had a cat named Satan. She just passed about six months ago at 23 human years. She was a great cat.
Noname 2 years ago
My condoleances to you. I'll bet she was a wonderful companion for you.
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Noname 2 years ago (edited)
Yes, he was. He gave his services as a lawyer "pro bono" to the people enslaved aboard the Amistad and gained their freedom to return to their native country long before the emancipation proclamation.
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Ingo Sauer 2 years ago
Eerie how color shrinks the perceived time gap between then and now, compared to monochrome photos
Kel_how 2 years ago
Think how the original colors on Roman and Greek statues would do the same! So interesting.
Load More Replies... Cathy Jo Baker 2 years ago
There is a metro station entrance in Mexico City (Bellas Artes stop) designed to look the the Paris metro station entrances! bellas-art...7451f7.jpg 
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
French Army camouflage - bright Blue, good in the Caribbean, not so good in the trenches ...... Doncha love the thinking of the idiots (on all sides) running the shitshow that was WW1, not to mention their complete indifference to the massive loss of life.
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Stardust she/her 2 years ago
It’s known as Ram Setu and according to the Ramayana (a holy book in Hinduism), Sri Ram along with the help of Hanuman and several monkeys created it by dropping rocks on the ocean and walking across it so that they could reach Lanka and save Sita from Ravaan. (I don’t think this is true but still felt like sharing)
Jennifer Ness 2 years ago
Thank you! Most interesting thing I've read today.
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Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
I feel like the ancient greeks would totally get along with us lol
Elizabeth Elliot 2 years ago
Think the exile was limited to about ten years, then they were allowed back!
Robert McKenzie 2 years ago
A friend of mine writes peoples names on a piece of paper and puts them in the freezer.
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David 2 years ago
that cover kind of takes me back to my school days before computers/printers where you would spend extra time drawing your report cover to try to make it look nice.
Jallamedalla 2 years ago
Or laboratory reports with hand drawn diagrams and molecules and such.
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Do i have to? 2 years ago (edited)
Mine too! Who's your favourite character?
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Ken Beattie 2 years ago
The most interesting part for me is that he (I assume it was him) crossed out whole sections.
Zodiac 2 years ago
Victor Hugo was actually hungarian (thought i woukd share since im also hungarian)
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Csaba Hegedűs 2 years ago
Looking at the painting, he could be bottomless right now! How could we tell? :D
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
for anyone who wants a disturbing story about a guy who ate and ate yet never gained weight etc, look up Tarare.
Tiki Stanford 2 years ago
Woah..... " After being suspected of eating a one year old toddler..." yeah no, no more reading about that guy, I'm good.
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SarahBee 2 years ago
Ah Minnesota - my thoughts exactly. And of course, March is the snowiest month!
Load More Replies... Thegoodboi 2 years ago
Wow, I hadn't gotten done reading the title and someone's text tone was a train whistle. Talk about confusion for a split second...
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Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
The first one he wrote because people only saw him as Spock and he didn't want to be typecast. Later he embraced Spock and wrote the latter.
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
I read them. Good reads. He was a man of principle and didn't intend for the "I Am Not Spock" book to be perceived negatively. But he certainly didn't hate Spock, and he always supported the fans and the franchise. I miss him.
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XenoMurph 2 years ago
Wonder what went through his mind during the battle?
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Ty Stratton-Quirk 2 years ago
Are we sure he's dead? The picture doesn't really make it clear.
Neville Nicol 2 years ago
He died from a particularly bad case of knife through the head, there was no cure at the time
Ingo Sauer 2 years ago
After complaining about a piercing headache for 20 years he died at the ripe old age of 41 at the hands of his loving wife.
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"I've got a headache THIS big, but I took an Excedrin and now it's gone."
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The happy frog 2 years ago
In all honesty I’d be more frightened to see a large baboon chasing me then a dog, have you seen the teeth on those things? Brrrrrrr
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
Baboons are terrifying. If something happens to one of them, e.g. it gets hurt/killed by a human, the others will take revenge.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
The tricky part was teaching the baboons to read the suspects their rights once they'd caught them.
Becky Samuel 2 years ago
Baboons are not native to Egypt and had to be imported from more Southern parts of Africa, probably via a port in what is now Sudan. They were expensive and very highly prized.
Bill McDowall 2 years ago
Sorry, I misread this. I thought "why would I be worried by being chased by a buffoon. "
Mr. Cinder 2 years ago
I'm giving up too if a big a*s baboon is chasing me! Those things are terrifying
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Easily Excitable Panda 2 years ago
It's probably mostly the icing that's survived. Royal icing (first used on her wedding cake) is like caulk.
Greenmantle 2 years ago
It used to be a tradition to save a piece of wedding cake. The high sugar content of the dried fruit plus brandy helped to preserve it
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The Scout 2 years ago
Probably the same try and error process like with other foods - "Oh, this mushroom tastes delicious, this one killed Og immediately, and that one lets you see god for a week..."
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Skara Brae 2 years ago
This "fact" is unverifiable - There is obviously no evidence to back up the statement, except cave paintings, and how would they paint a picture saying 'Duh, we didn't think of drinking it for thousands of years.' For comparison, Wikipedia says this: "The origins of yogurt are unknown, but it was probably invented by Neolithic people in Central Asia and Mesopotamia around 5000 BC, when the first milk-producing animals were domesticated." with a link to an article in French saying the same thing. This still isn't proof either way, but at least it indicates researchers made an effort to locate the earliest evidence of yogurt and estimate how old it was and when evidence of domestication appears.
Toni Epple 2 years ago
There is a scientific paper discussing the use of milk in paintings about 50k years ago (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279492246_A_Milk_and_Ochre_Paint_Mixture_Used_49000_Years_Ago_at_Sibudu_South_Africa). So the early use of milk in paint seems established. According to the paper the milk was likely taken from dead lactating animals. Adult Lactase Persistence developed around 5000 years ago, very likely as an effect of humans drinking milk, so they must have started drinking milk before that. Earliest evidence dates back to 10000 years ago.This is the evidence the message is based on. But I agree that the absence of evidence doesn't mean something didn't happen.
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I find this one difficult to believe. If you have cows for "thousands of years" you have calves and you see the calves drinking the milk. You see human mothers and other animals producing milk for their young. You eat the cows so you know they are not highly toxic. How on earthy would you go "thousands of years" without anyone thinking maybe you could drink it? It kind of defies credibility. Humans drink milk from a wide variety of mammals.
Megan Pippenger 2 years ago
So we discovered drinking milk because someone mixed up their paint water cup and their drinking water cup? Given how many painters have cleaned their brush in their coffe and then drunk from the paint cup…story checks out.
Margaret H 2 years ago
Milk and lime when mixed together makes a quite adequate paint. It used to be used on houses and barns.
Claudia Lorenz 2 years ago
Nobody would drink milk if it weren't for the miserable dairy lobby.
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
Hmm, more likely the other way round. Been drinking milk for thousands of years before some artist decided to slop the excess on the walls rather than making yoghurt or cheese
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Rinso the Red 2 years ago
Honestly that whole movie just pissed off my wife and I. Just so many logistical problems with the basic concept.
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David 2 years ago
I wonder if any shepherds made themselves a sort of butt stilt so they could turn themselves into a tripod when they wanted to sit down. Or maybe they just had trees to lean up against.
Thegoodboi 2 years ago
It's hard being a wolf, I once tried to infiltrate a sheep herd wearing sheep wool. Come to find out the whole flock was wolves dressed in sheep wool. Took us a while to figure it out..
Ingo Sauer 2 years ago
I shudder to think what feet look like where you are
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Behnjamin 2 years ago
After a quick google. It is a game called Senet. The rules aren't known, but it has something to do with the afterlife, and each square represents an obsticale one has to get over to either get into the afterlife or during the afterlife.
Rinso the Red 2 years ago
Yup. Buddy and I used to play and he ended up giving me a hand-made board for when I went to college. Instead of dice, you used dowels cut in half, round side up = 0, cut side up = 1
Load More Replies... JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago (edited)
Senet! Make up your own rules because noone really knows how it was played.
Margaret H 2 years ago
I suppose sitting in the afterlife for ever and ever must get boring without something to pass the time.
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David 2 years ago (edited)
I was just googling this. Statement above is apparently true but seems a bit misleading. Basically the motion was used to practice with swords against balls and later lances trying to spear rings. In other words, some coordination practice which is sort of believable. Similar to how human figure dummies have been used for training for swords / bayonets / martial arts even though they are not nearly the same as an actual human opponent.
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gerard julien 2 years ago
totally false. Actually he loved taking baths !
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Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Because he was a sneaky, lying, spiteful s**t of a man - His record involves allowing the first concentration camps in the World (South Africa, mostly for the Wives and Children of Boer rebels who objected to British rule), treating most of his female staff in a vile manner, being clueless about anyone below 'aristocrat' level (he was astonishingly ignorant in this matter), I could go on, but, frankly I can't be arsed, look it up for yourselves, you will be astonished at how inept and shallow this excuse for a human being was, rather like all of his decedents.
Chintan Shah 2 years ago (edited)
Not sure about his descendants but the man was racist and believed heavily in imperialism as Britain's right as a somehow more civilized people. He is glorified in American history and I'm guessing in many European history books for his role in world war 2, but his merits should be accurately remembered along with the many atrocities he committed - look up the Bengal famine. His is the perfect example of the winners being able to rewrite history.
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Array Index Out of Bounds 2 years ago
Yes. I guess they were held in a higher regard than Jews at the time.
Load More Replies... Bill McDowall 2 years ago
How happy were they when they were forcibly returned to the soviet army? Many were sent to the gulags because they hadn't obeyed Stalin's "Not one step back" degree. A decree he instituted because of his culpability?
Majungasaurus 2 years ago
Did all prisoners of war in Russia get sent to the soviet army upon liberation? Genuine question, I’m confused lol
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Nizumi 2 years ago
Visiting Milan years ago, I remember remarking to my guide that I loved the art deco style. They said a lot of older Italians don't like it at all, because it was the style of architecture of Mussolini's era. So for them Art Deco = fascism. It's all about perspective - neat!
Mario Strada 2 years ago
It's true, or at least it was when I was growing up there. Still, lots of people loved Art Deco (we call it "Liberty Style" if I remember - but I could be confused).
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
this genuinely looks more like it's out of some supervillain movie than actual reality. scary.
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Bill McDowall 2 years ago
It's why a lot of countries have moved to plastic currency. The poor burn the cash to keep warm but get killed by the fumes!
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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago
Could have been the world's first jet propelled ships if they had played their farts right.
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Liv 2 years ago
I wouldn’t really consider it a good thing tho. Those bastards always shįt on cars
Cowws 2 years ago
Well thanks King Charles for my the stain on my jumper!
Load More Replies... Array Index Out of Bounds 2 years ago
It is a wildly known fact that gunpowder was invented (discovered?) by the Chinese, but how many cultures stumbled across the formula and were forgotten?
Bill McDowall 2 years ago
Well done, those brave and s****y pigeons! 👏 Paving the way for the empire!
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Chriss21 2 years ago
I can't believe they call it a revolution. Isn't a revolution supposed to be moving forward? To be more progressive?
The Scout 2 years ago
"Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.” (Terry Pratchett)
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David H 2 years ago
lot of Jews fought in WW1 in the Germany army, many who were killed in WW2. WHen the Nazis began to round up Jews many would put their medals, or even fit into their old uniforms, which is why so many pictures show jews in ww1 uniforms with medals being dragged off by Nazi. It didn't save them though. 100,000 Jews fought in t he German army in ww1 (only 500k total Jews, men, women, and children in 1914 in Germany), 37,000 awarded Iron Crosses for valor in combat, and thousands died. And just 2 decades later they would be stripped of all rights
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Kharyss 2 years ago
Hard not to stand up straight when encased in whalebone.
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Bill McDowall 2 years ago
Let's introduce this again but for all players! Every PGA tournament has to be played in 1870's costumes. I'd pay good money to see that.
Julie Snelling 2 years ago
Golf is supposed to mean Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden but I'm sure someone will tell me that's not true.
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
I wouldn't want a disappointed Julie Snelling out there, so I will tell you it's not true. Then I will link you to "Golf - Meaning of Word Golf" https://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/origin-of-golf-terms/golf/ and, maybe even this, "THE DUTCH INFLUENCE ON GOLF", which they seem to have called "kolf": https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/additional-resources/dutch-treats/the-dutch-origins-of-golf/ Greetings, your humble 14th century servant, me :)
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Persephone 2 years ago
It's a horse. He roached its mane (cut it short) and cut its tail hair to mimic a zebra. Some breeds like Norwegian Fjords still customarily have their manes roached, but it isn't common in most breeds you are used to seeing. That's why it looks kind of like a donkey, but as a horse owner, I assure you, that's a horse.
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random username 2 years ago
Ok, but wouldn't Germans notice a zebra with a rider and take an appropriate action? :D
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David 2 years ago
I never used this but I did work on the Kaypro 10. == Kaypro_10_...stem_1.jpg 
Nobody was calling it a "laptop" though. Portable or "luggable" were the terms
Jods 2 years ago
They were extremely heavy. You young ‘uns just don’t know what we had to cope with!
Mat Hall 2 years ago
Not really a laptop, it's classed as a "luggable" - it weighed 11kg (24 freedom units), and is close to impossible to use on your lap due to its size and shape - and it wasn't even the first luggable. The Epson HX-20, Grid Compass, or Dulmont Magnum are the best contenders for the first "actually possible to use on your lap" machines.
Array Index Out of Bounds 2 years ago
As an old-school programmer, I would LOVE to play with this ancient relic!
Giles McArdell 2 years ago
I remember these, you'd need a big lap and a strong set set of glasses.
Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 2 years ago
You were there, 3000 years ago....?
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Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
and about 2.6 miles for anyone who doesn't use km
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And somehow Churchill above felt justified in the British empire's "superiority" in ruling over other races he deemed as inferior
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Lotus Flower in Space 🪷 2 years ago
Brilliant US Founding Father who also wrote a book on farting. Versatile.
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -- Benjamin Franklin
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sofacushionfort 2 years ago
The change in pressure also meant everyone in the plane would expel flatulence, their ears would pop, and at extreme altitudes the cavities in their teeth would crack open
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Nancy Reynolds 2 years ago
Not really handed over, he sold it to the US for 15 million dollars. What a bargain.
David H 2 years ago
he needed the cash, and also was afraid of it being captured and lost, selling it was a quick solution, he got cash, and meant france wouldnt lose it in a war
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Timmy Pillinger 2 years ago
Napoleon was desperate for cash to pay for an invasion of some island or other...
gerard julien 2 years ago
Napoleon said, "Perhaps it will also be objected to me, that the Americans may be found too powerful for Europe in two or three centuries: but my foresight does not embrace such remote fears. Besides, we may hereafter expect rivalries among the members of the Union. The confederations that are called perpetual, only last till one of the contracting parties finds it to its interest to break them, and it is to prevent the danger, to which the colossal power of England exposes us, that I would provide a remedy." https://www.grunge.com/390696/the-real-reason-france-sold-the-louisiana-territory-to-the-united-states/
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Ace 2 years ago
Sadly most of what's there today, like the two columns on the right, was reconstructed by well-meaning "archaeologists" in the mid 20th century. As such it's difficult to be inspired by a visit there, with only a few glimpses of the real palace features available.
Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 2 years ago
There would seem so be some disagreement in the subsequent comment.
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Lauren Caswell 2 years ago
In the Wizard of Oz, the woman who 'becomes' the wicked witch of the west is modeled after this nonsense
Julie Snelling 2 years ago
They probably didn't know much about women's reproductive organs in those days I doubt even doctors knew that much so they probably just made educated (or in most cases uneducated) guesses.
Nathan Pogorzala 2 years ago
Victorian "doctors" were f****n stupid. Can't have ovaries falling out all over the place.
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Ingo Sauer 2 years ago
"Please not a bag of toddlers again..." (from a different BP thread apparently)
Array Index Out of Bounds 2 years ago
(Accidentally drops bag of mail) "Your mail will be delayed"
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DarkAngelNic 2 years ago
The country was only going through a Great Depression so lets flaunt our privilege.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
When you're precisely the person getting the country out of that depression, you're entitled to celebrate a little.
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Mario Strada 2 years ago
Water and Vinegar was pretty normal for all Roman soldiers. In fact, there is a story in the Gospel (Matthew? Don't remember) where while on the cross Jesus is given vinegar by a roman soldier. When I studied catechism that was given as an example of cruelty by the soldiers, but in reality the soldier gave Jesus the same thing they were drinking to quench his thirst.
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The Scout 2 years ago
The air forces seem to have had a strange respect for each other in both world wars. Maybe it was because flying was still regarded as a daring task. When World War I pilot Manfred von Richthofen was shot down in 1918, the British buried him with full military honors. They even sent a plane to their base to inform them of his death. These curtesies were not that common in WW II, but seeing they resspectfully adressed the unknown enemy with his rank, that mindset seems to have persisted.
DarkAngelNic 2 years ago
Wars are not about the people who are actually doing the fighting. They are just pawns for the pissing contests of people in power and money. I think in the end they finally realize that and recognize it is the same for the other side too.
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Bill McDowall 2 years ago
I suspect that it was because you were one on one. It was a test of skill as opposed to shelling or shooting in the general direction of the enemy and never knowing what the outcome was. Having said that, it is always a case of "can we kill their young people faster than they can kill ours "!
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Christof Irran 2 years ago
I think the operative word here is "paper" not plastic. paper-groc...a0c445.png 
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Ty Stratton-Quirk 2 years ago
"My mother-in-law is at her church Bingo party; if we angle the tree this way, it should land just outside her front door."
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Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Quite a lot as it transpired, however, he is wearing Gloves and a Helmet so that's ok then .....
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Olive Harper 2 years ago
I heard that scene was actually supposed to be different but Harrison Ford had to go to the bathroom so he just improvised. lol.
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Epsilon 2 years ago
The enemy would be more intimidated by people willing to die I guess.
Load More Replies... Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
This is what every professional Juggler says to their family when asked to get a "real job".
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Ace 2 years ago
Bone was used for dice right up into the 20th century. Posher ones might be Ivory,
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Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
I've stayed there in a cave Hotel and it is an astonishing place to walk around - the surrounding countryside is very beautiful with very welcoming people too.
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Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
"There are good reasons to go to war but nothing good happens in war". Alas, forget who said this.
Michelle Reynolds 2 years ago
I wish I could have seen Europe before WWII. So much history destroyed :(
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Giles McArdell 2 years ago
In the UK we had 1D (1 penny, D for Denari) coins up until the 1970s when we decimalised.
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Fred L. 2 years ago
Not very likely indeed, however there are some places with very deep drops in swimming distance to the shore. Some of those abysses apparently reach several kilometers.
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Goth Nurse 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah, I have a son and husband who both are in that age range.. I have to say that I'm worried as a mother and a wife. (I'm Finnish)
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Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I believe it was of a detail on queen Victoria's dress or maybe I am mis-remembering
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David Wambold 2 years ago
Later run by the Medici family they are recognized as some of the richest people in history. A large part of their wealth came from the Catholic Church (they would help collect church donations and take a cut). Eventually they got their own popes elected who were known for their excessive spending and debauchery- which helped lead to the protestant reformation.
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Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
mountain rescue in the UK are currently trialing them for use to get places faster in harsh weather conditions. It's really cool, actually. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e11arU242-4
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Jude Corrigan 2 years ago
A regiment of soldiers was sent to Italy during WW1. Everyone in the regiment, moved locations and changed uniforms regularly to appear to any observer that there were far more soldiers there than there actually was.
Load More Replies... sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Exactly one American soldier: Charles Kell of Canton, Ohio, was killed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire
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Csaba Hegedűs 2 years ago
Another dark moment of history the US doesn't like to talk about. They are always heroes.
Margaret H 2 years ago
There is more recognition of that now. Have you heard of the Broadway musical, "Allegiance" with George Takei? He was interred in WW2 and starred in the musical.
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T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago (edited)
So, people blew up parts of a sacred site to carve the faces of people who had subjugated those to whom the hills were sacred. (Fixed that for ya.)
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Jimmy Walker was there to let them know exactly when to push the plunger.
Csaba Hegedűs 2 years ago
You don't say? I thought ten people did it with chisels and hammers.
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NickTheDuck 2 years ago
FUN FACT: they call tanks by that name because as a disguise, they pretending it was a water tank.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Not that strange - the original British Tanks had two sets of tracks that rotated round the outside of the body ; I suspect this might have been a tad less stable.
Margaret H 2 years ago
I'd hate to be inside that thing as the mud fell off the tracks and hit the hull.
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UltimateSwiftie 2 years ago
i like it! although could make it easier for jan. 6th rioters to get in. nevermind
Olive Harper 2 years ago
Do we have to bring political conflicts into everything?
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Mario Strada 2 years ago
Maybe American football practice, given the bent position of the players?
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oktopus 2 years ago
Narrator: "for a few more decades, many of those areas remained unharmed".
Jude Corrigan 2 years ago
"Unfortunately several species, after surviving hundreds of years were due to become extinct shortly."
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The Chronic Insomniac 2 years ago
The persistance and strength of the human spirit right here in a single photo. Sitting in a literal war zone, they find a way to share a bit of cheer amongst themselves.
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ЛеснойКороль(ForestKing)H/H 2 years ago
*in my own accent* this is no cold, this is warm water! i shower in this temperature
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Vladimir I 2 years ago
January? Looks like summer uniform, and no snow and ice... Where could that be? Anywhere - cold, but not ice cold.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
not buying it...there are deciduous trees with leaves on them in the pic
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