MagicMushroomFungi t1_j78q82y wrote
Reply to comment by TooMuchPretzels in TIL in early 1942 the Battle of Los Angeles was fought, with an hour-long barrage of anti-aircraft artillery fired from the city against a perceived Japanese invasion. The cause: a stray weather balloon. by McKFC
America's first known use of a Ferris Wheel in wartime.
All those years of secretly developing and testing Ferris Wheels in the Nevada dessert paid off.
willie_caine t1_j792i3r wrote
Shh! You're not supposed to mention the igbay eelwhay!
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