TheguylikesBattlebot
TheguylikesBattlebot t1_ixb4doy wrote
Reply to comment by slice_of_pi in TIL that in 2003, scientists "resurrected" an extinct species of Ibex, bringing back one living specimen, only for it go extinct again seven minutes later when the specimen died of a lung defect by mausoliam95
Lung defects, uh, find a way.
TheguylikesBattlebot t1_ixb4cjb wrote
TheguylikesBattlebot t1_ixb4b3s wrote
Reply to comment by Knull_Gorr in TIL that in 2003, scientists "resurrected" an extinct species of Ibex, bringing back one living specimen, only for it go extinct again seven minutes later when the specimen died of a lung defect by mausoliam95
My favorite speedrun category is Cause Extinction for a species any% WR. Truly enthralling to watch.
TheguylikesBattlebot t1_j692umi wrote
Reply to comment by sweet-n-sombre in TIL about the Kyujo Incident that occurred on Aug 14, 1945 where several Japanese officers occupied the Japanese Imperial Palace in an attempted coup of the Emperor to prevent him from surrendering to the Allies. They murdered several people and when their plot failed, they committed suicide. by ClownfishSoup
Their end game was to fucking die. That’s it.
They were expecting the Allies to invade Japan, and they would try to take out as many of them as possible before every Japanese person died.
That was the plan from the begging if things went south. Japan never intended to surrender. It was only under the threat of a Soviet invasion and two nuclear bombings of Japanese cities that led to them surrendering. And even then, the decision was 4-3 in favor of surrender.