yasunadiver
yasunadiver t1_j68rpw6 wrote
Reply to comment by macrofinite 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
Nuclear bombs are ineffective has got to be a first.
yasunadiver t1_j61m86o wrote
Reply to comment by RedSonGamble in TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
You may only get a brief chance to actually get a good shot on an adversary and basically the more rounds you can put downrange in that fleeting moment the better odds you have of hitting.
yasunadiver t1_j68urnq wrote
Reply to comment by chlomor in TIL to decide what measurement system America should use, John Quincy Adams took 3 1/2 years to produce a 268 page Report on Weights and Measures that ultimately concluded changing to the French metric system would be too difficult for the young nation. Congress took no action on the report. by iamveryDerp
Yes, the US standardized on its own system before the British empire. Though there were some efforts made to standardize between both later on, most notably the "industrial inch" which was an agreement between US and UK during WW2 to standardize on a metric based inch (2.54 cm exactly).