mcampo84
mcampo84 t1_j8ryw2h wrote
Reply to comment by Working-Skill510 in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92
Clearly he had mental health issues
mcampo84 t1_j0rqx9y wrote
Reply to comment by JimC29 in TIL: George Carlin was arrested for 7 words. by PseudoPatriotsNotPog
Pretty sure that was the drug use
mcampo84 t1_iyctngy wrote
Amazon: sure we’ll get right on that
mcampo84 t1_ixz8uv1 wrote
Reply to comment by kmvaa14 in TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in. by KongoOtto
Entusiasms…
mcampo84 t1_iu41t74 wrote
Reply to comment by JetPunk in TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet
I highly doubt Mein Kampf would be banned, given its historical significance.
mcampo84 t1_irrd46f wrote
Reply to comment by Wasabi_Guacamole in TIL that passenger jet engines produce most of their thrust from fan at the front, not from the jet exhaust, and that this is called a high-bypass engine. by Rilot
Guy’s gotta work, amirite?
mcampo84 t1_j9fwo6z wrote
Reply to comment by diazinth in Romania asks to check Ukrainian canal dredging in sensitive Danube Delta by epique
It’s fair, but coming from Romania probably not in good faith.