Mick_86
Mick_86 t1_j67obah wrote
Reply to comment by insidiouslybleak in TIL cholera was reintroduced to Haiti after a century by UN peacekeepers responding to the 2010 earthquake. The resulting outbreak was the worst on record, killing 10,000 and infecting 820,000. by theworkinglad
I recommend reading The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson. It's the story of the 1854 London Cholera epidemic. This was back when scientists laughed at the idea that germs caused disease.
Mick_86 t1_j16mfby wrote
Reply to comment by OfficialWireGrind in [OC] English Words of Spanish Origin and the Number of Mentions in Wikipedia by OfficialWireGrind
Then they are not of Spanish origin.
Mick_86 t1_ivj3jcw wrote
Reply to comment by uncoolcentral in [OC] First and last frost dates for Concord, NH for 80 years. The growing season is getting longer. Repost because the image got deleted somehow. by reficius1
What astounds me is that the present day is more or less the same as 80 years ago. What happened in the 70s?
Mick_86 t1_jadak3j wrote
Reply to comment by ImmoralJester54 in TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
It was obviously a trick. A bogus cry for help. Anyone taking it seriously was in line for some bizarre execution, guillotine by razor blade or something.