Sdog1981
Sdog1981 t1_jedcu45 wrote
Reply to TIL that, during the Cold War, every infantry and armor battalion in the U.S Army had one officer trained to deploy the Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM), commonly known as the backpack nuke by nomad_556
The Army Times is the national enquirer of the Army.
There are thousands of publications and declassified documents describing NATO’s plans for war in Europe. They did not include every battalion to use a backpack nuke.
The Soviet plan was called 7 days to the Rhine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_to_the_River_Rhine
NATO’s plan to defend the Fulda Gap
Sdog1981 t1_je8m8ls wrote
Reply to TIL that William Daniels, famous for playing Mr. Feeney on "Boy Meets World," has been married to to actress and fellow Emmy Award winner Bonnie Bartlett since June 30, 1951; at more than 71 years, it is the longest active Hollywood marriage as of today. by arrogant_ambassador
They both won Emmies on the same night in 1985.
Sdog1981 t1_je85msz wrote
There is also a Dildo Island nearby.
Sdog1981 t1_je6skwa wrote
Reply to comment by BadFaithAlways in Apple sued for allegedly firing, threatening union organizers by Loki-L
They did and that's why they were heavily involved with the mob. Which made unions easy targets for law enforcement during the Regan years. It fit their narrative perfectly that unions were just robbing the working man.
Sdog1981 t1_je03l51 wrote
Reply to comment by ctn91 in TIL that eating food containing poppy seeds really can cause you to fail a drug test for opiates by Lupercali
That episode aired 20 years ago and I say aired because it was before online streaming became widely available.
Episode 3/Air date March 7, 2003
Sdog1981 t1_jdx6pz2 wrote
Reply to comment by st0wnd in TIL that Che Guevara was passioned about rugby, and he played it during his school years. In 1951 he also launched a rugby magazine Tackle, writing the whole thing himself by SteO153
It wasn't “leaked” people just had easier ways of accessing information. It was always available.
Sdog1981 t1_jdhzl3g wrote
Reply to comment by jointheredditarmy in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01
I wish it was that fun. It was she put out a cookbook in the 1960s.
Sdog1981 t1_jdhkp9p wrote
Reply to TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01
I got into an argument with some rubes on this site about this very fact. PF Chang has spent a lot of money making up the story that his mom brought Chinese food to the US.
Sdog1981 t1_jdfbb0z wrote
Reply to TIL that at the Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809, one of the French Generals was decapitated, while he was talking to a friend. by VengefulMight
This is a common occurrence in warfare after the 18th century.
Sdog1981 t1_jaegdym wrote
Reply to TIL that due to "Subjective Age" most children and adolescents feel older than they really are. But this switches at around 25. By age 30, around 70% of people feel younger than they really are, with the discrepancy between actual age and subjective age growing over time. by AspireAgain
I never knew how young old people were until I became their age.
Sdog1981 t1_jaee1pm wrote
Reply to comment by ElvisDumbledore in TIL American paratroopers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade mistakenly raided a working olive oil factory in Bulgaria as part of a large-scale joint exercise with NATO forces. by delano1998
Then you realize the mission marker is below your current spot and you are actually doing an NCPD scanner gig.
Sdog1981 t1_jaedoua wrote
Reply to TIL the legendary story about a janitor who came up with Flamin' Hot Cheetos was a lie. by Station_Emotional
He became an executive at the company, you would think they would have drummed up the story more if their janitor turned executive also invited a popular product. It sounds like a story he would tell at work that other people repeated.
Sdog1981 t1_jab6ofk wrote
No one should be eating any weight of Association of Tennis Professionals.
Sdog1981 t1_jaapj62 wrote
Reply to comment by Putrid_Rock5526 in TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
They did beat out squeeze it’s and Hi-C
Sdog1981 t1_ja3me4x wrote
Reply to TIL of David Sarnoff, the head of RCA and NBC who suppressed and then stole FM radio and Television from their inventors, driving one to suicide and the other to alcoholism. by Dega704
You can't steal FM, it exists with or without content on it. FM receivers/transmitters were invented to use FM frequencies. Those were the inventions in question.
Sdog1981 t1_ja1y1fw wrote
Reply to TIL that from 1991 to 2007, tobacco conglomerate Philip Morris Cos. successfully marketed Capri Sun to children, based on their executives' experience selling tobacco to young people. by 99-bottlesofbeer
First of all it has been around since the 1960s and It’s sugar water, it did not take a marketing genius to figure out how to sell that to kids.
Sdog1981 t1_ja0fu6q wrote
Reply to comment by TheCloudFestival in TIL there's a rock formation in Saudi Arabia about 6 meters high and 9 meters wide, split curiously in half and balanced on two small, natural pedestals. The origin of the Al Naslaa rock formation is unknown. by OccludedFug
The “worked on by hand” is a key pice of information here
Sdog1981 t1_j9zc8qs wrote
Reply to TIL that every October, the medieval town of Lucca, Italy turns into the biggest comicon in Europe. 300,000 cosplayers and enthusiasts take over the historic center and local shops sell merchandise. by TheChopinet
Cosplay and ComiCon are not the same thing.
Sdog1981 t1_j9xelvg wrote
Sdog1981 t1_j9qvgcz wrote
Reply to comment by adamcoe in TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate
Riiight? We would never repeat past mistakes?
Sdog1981 t1_j9q3h6b wrote
Reply to comment by HPmoni in TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate
By the mid-1930s they had moved beyond being just a political party
Sdog1981 t1_j9ne01e wrote
Reply to comment by Thecna2 in TIL that Gert Frobe, the actor who portrayed Auric Goldfinger in James Bond, was a former Nazi. Because of this, Goldfinger was banned in Israel until a Jewish man informed the Israeli Embassy that Frobe had hidden his mother and him from the Nazis. by NYstate
Be left the party in 1937 2 years before the war started. So he must have been one of the few Germans that knew things were heading toward disaster.
Sdog1981 t1_j9ijc00 wrote
Reply to comment by Keuleman in TIL The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird used an Astro-inertial Navigation System to track Stars and determine its position and altitude. At Mach 3, the navigation system was accurate enough to limit drift to 1,000 feet (300 meters) off course. by shamelessterminator
I hate that guy
Sdog1981 t1_j9ijaj1 wrote
Reply to TIL The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird used an Astro-inertial Navigation System to track Stars and determine its position and altitude. At Mach 3, the navigation system was accurate enough to limit drift to 1,000 feet (300 meters) off course. by shamelessterminator
It was so advanced and primitive at the same time. It would take pictures that would have to be developed.
It’s just so interesting
Sdog1981 t1_jedcxsk wrote
Reply to comment by nullcharstring in TIL that, during the Cold War, every infantry and armor battalion in the U.S Army had one officer trained to deploy the Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM), commonly known as the backpack nuke by nomad_556
Maybe at the division or Corps level but not all the way down to Joe Blow at the Battalion level.