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HUP t1_j6miv8p wrote
Reply to Imagine the aftermath. by phillydog1
Is that Frank Stallone?
HUP t1_j4gfthk wrote
Reply to TIL in 1994, David Kang fired two blank shots from a starting pistol at Prince Charles during an Australia Day speech. He was found guilty of threatening unlawful violence and sentenced to 500 hours of community service. In 2004, he was admitted to the NSW Bar and is a practising barrister. by Str33twise84
His frenemy Chuck Kodos was arrested for calling in fake bomb threats to the NZ government. He is now third in line of succession in NZ government.
HUP t1_j18vv7x wrote
Reply to comment by fallaciousspooge23 in TIL Stan Lee made the X-Men mutants because he didn't want to come up with a reason for their super powers, instead they were just born with them. Additionally the 1963 comic was initially a flop until the 1975 reboot by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. by jamescookenotthatone
Byrne was my favorite. I collected anything he did, even after the jump to DC. Loved Alpha Flight. Cockrum I couldn't stomach.
HUP t1_j10ot9k wrote
Reply to comment by MaxApocalyptc in Operation Overlord - Allied invasion of Normandy by ristinvoitto
I'm not sure that's entirely accurate. The US was planning on invading the Home Islands. The firebombing campaign killed many more Japanese than did the A-bomb drops. And had not weakened Japanese resolve to fight to the last. The atomic bombs were meant primarily to show Japan that we would not NEED to give them a "glorious end" by a land invasion. Ancillary it was a sign to the USSR that we had a technological advantage. The USSR stole their Nuclaer program via espionage. They would've been years farther behind without these guys.
HUP t1_j0zxmp2 wrote
Reply to comment by occasional_cynic in Operation Overlord - Allied invasion of Normandy by ristinvoitto
Omaha wouldn't have been nearly as bad if there weren't so many artillery and bombing miscues. Naval artillery hit short and caused a lot of deep underwater holes that drowned heavily ladened soldiers. And aerial bombardment fell far behind the line of defense. There were supposed to be a lot of craters from bombing on the beach to give cover. Instead Omaha was pretty flat with few places to hide from German fire.
HUP t1_ixt8ko7 wrote
Reply to I received 11 dinner plates for my sister. This is all the packaging they came in. by Able-Bodied-Virgin
What supplier? Distributor?
HUP t1_ixcg5wm wrote
Reply to The latest Cochrane Review finds high certainty evidence that nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective than traditional nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) in helping people quit smoking. by checkmak01
I vaped to quit. Now I'm using lozenges to quit vaping. Smoked for 30 years.
HUP t1_iu7gol2 wrote
Reply to TIL about Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk. He was responsible for rescuing a team of French nuclear scientists and the entire world stockpile of heavy water from France during WW2. He also served as part of an unexploded bomb detachment, successfully tackling 34 unexploded bombs by SteO153
Read the Bastard Brigade. Great book about the allied race to beat the Nazis to the bomb. Very entertaining.
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Reply to Someone translated a Smashmouth song into Aramaic, the language of Jesus, and then back again to English, and the result is Mojo Jojo. by ICLazeru
Behold Currently is my new "hello."