TIL April 8th 1945 a prisoner at Buchenwald rigged up a radio transmitter and sent a message in a desperate attempt to contact the allies for rescue. 3 minutes after his message the US Army answered "

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

Oddware is something I can get in to.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

Spy kids?

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

Ya got me lol

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 2 days ago

Harikari = seppuku. They’re even written with the same kanji characters.

Oh, and harikari usually has a helper.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

We need a bot for that!

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

100% sequel proof method, directors hate him!

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

That’s an interesting take…but serious crime does lead to death, criminals kill each other all the time.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

I did not, now I do!

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

I believe their is an anecdote about his character robbing somewhere and the actor stopping to give the director notes about how to actually do it.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

It does. I got too excited typing.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

It’s always interesting when I start looking at the names of German politicians and business leaders in the 50s-90s, there’s always an “SS” heading on their Wikipedia page.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL April 8th 1945 a prisoner at Buchenwald rigged up a radio transmitter and sent a message in a desperate attempt to contact the allies for rescue. 3 minutes after his message the US Army answered "

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 2 days ago

TIL After Joan of Arc was executed on charges of heresy, her mother spent 25 years clearing her name. She convinced the pope to reopen Joan's case and attended the retrial - in her 70s.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL Danny Trejo has a clause in his movie contracts that requires his villainous characters to die by the end of the film. He wants children to learn that crime doesn't pay.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

…The records were found hidden away years later by DuPont employees who sued!

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

…did not want him to become a martyr.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL, that the largest arthropod in the world is a spider crab with a width of over 12 feet and weighing in at nearly 45 pounds! Known as the Japanese Spider Crab.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL a poll of 1,000 US visitors to Scotland found 33% thought haggis was an animal; 23% said they came to Scotland believing they could catch one. Haggis is traditionally made out of a sheep's stomach

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL Robert Kehoe discovered reports that the chemical benzidine caused bladder cancer. His client, DuPont, made benzidine. Instead of alerting the American public, Kehoe stuffed the report in a box. T

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL that two libraries in Portugal allow bats to nest in them, because they eat bugs that would eat the books.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL During the height of Frasier's popularity, Moose, the dog who played Eddie, received more fan mail than any of his human costars.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL In 1863 Copperhead leader Clement Vallandigham was exiled across enemy lines to the Confederacy by order of Abraham Lincoln, who considered him a “wily agitator” but did not want him to become a m

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL Australia is home to 10% of the world's reptile species, which is more than any other country.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL In 1315 the republic of Florence abolished direct taxation, which was perceived as oppressive. The city was funded instead by indirect taxes, like tariffs and consumption taxes but also adopted a

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL in 1945 after a compulsory viewing of a film on the holocaust, 1000 German POWs at Camp Butner burned their German uniforms in disgust

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

TIL optical telegraphs (at the turn of the 19th century) had many features now commonplace in modern networks, including control characters, routing, error control, flow control, message priority, and

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 3 days ago

So what is it then?

Of course I didn’t watch the video.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 3 days ago

This is boomer humor style, but I like it. I got a good laugh.

Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works · 4 days ago

Man it does stink. Get some of them up on GitHub or Gitlab if you can.

Coldmoon