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AnthillOmbudsman t1_ja8r5v0 wrote
Reply to comment by Bobodahobo010101 in TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
More like a scene out of A Clockwork Orange.
sleep-woof t1_ja8qzpc wrote
InflamedLiver t1_ja8qwja wrote
Reply to TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
this guy had some weird fetishes
SlothOfDoom t1_ja8qvze wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
240,003.7. You need to stop rounding off important dates.
Bobodahobo010101 t1_ja8qkni wrote
Reply to TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
Was this plan put together by Dennis Hoppers' character from Blue Velvet?
master_a_skywalker69 t1_ja8qi3q wrote
Reply to TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
Isn’t that where the league of Assassins is from?
squirrelduke t1_ja8qcr7 wrote
No-Owl9201 t1_ja8q60g wrote
Reply to TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
'Nanga Parbat' means 'Naked Mountain' in the Urdu language
marioquartz t1_ja8q4kt wrote
Reply to comment by Harv7 in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
In others countries in one year they killed what Inquisition killed in 300 years. But the evil is the Spanish Inquisition...
Dawnawaken92 t1_ja8q4ch wrote
Reply to TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
Wow now that is class A+ fucked up.
GratefulPhish42024-7 t1_ja8q20r wrote
Reply to TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
I bet those executioners had flashbacks every time they heard that song
thirdeyefish t1_ja8ptke wrote
Reply to TIL that the labels on Angostura bitters bottles are intentionally annoying. The original brothers entered a competition and due to a miscommunication, wound up with wrong size labels. A friendly judge suggested the brothers make that label their signature. The advice stuck. by dmanlian
Intentionally made in a way you find annoying.
marioquartz t1_ja8pp1d wrote
Reply to comment by HobgoblinKhanate1 in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
>What makes you think the Irish potato famine might not been known about at all?
Im from Spain. Is not learned. Im only watch about it in Internet. And in very few times.
spiritplumber t1_ja8p96q wrote
Reply to comment by KingfisherDays in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
Sagan is arguably the only scientist to get a song by Nightwish (although they also cooperated with Richard Dawkins).
-MotherNight- t1_ja8p6n8 wrote
MassholeLiberal56 t1_ja8ozkj wrote
Reply to TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
They are still arresting/firing teachers down south to this day. Sherman didn’t wake them up enough I suppose.
Darkstar1988 t1_ja8oan4 wrote
Reply to comment by no_step in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
True, but it's not unrealistic that something similar could happen.
wdomon t1_ja8o8cy wrote
[deleted] t1_ja8o86g wrote
Reply to TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
It’s in 240,000 years. I’m a scientist. Can’t disprove
carcinoma_kid t1_ja8nm95 wrote
Reply to comment by HoNose in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
Thank you, corrected.
Darkstar1988 t1_ja8nlsx wrote
Reply to comment by 0ttr in TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. by JesusLikesHisCheezIt
I highly doubt this was the reason for that. The bible was used to justify slavery and also an instruktonbook on that matter after all, I think this podcast is trying to rewrite history like the Southern states in your country. And religious and moral.... you make me laugh.
RonSwansonsOldMan t1_ja8ng35 wrote
Reply to TIL that in the period of time since the introduction of the consumer price index, the highest inflation rate observed in the U.S. was 20.49% in 1917. by ringopendragon
I could only hope that the current inflation rate is as low as 20.49 %.
beipphine t1_ja8ndeb wrote
Reply to comment by Eroe777 in TIL that the 1980 miles of Alaska’s Yukon River is only crossed by 4 bridges. By comparison, the slightly longer Mississippi River is has more than 132 bridges. by triviafrenzy
I've walked accross the entire mississippi, all 5 feet of it at itasca state park
keenweasel74 t1_ja8r90o wrote
Reply to comment by InflamedLiver in TIL On Christmas Eve 1969, Francisco Macias Nguema had 186 suspected dissidents executed in the national football stadium in Malabo with the executioners dressed as Santa Claus, with the amplifiers played Mary Hopkin's song "Those Were the Days". by Osrever101
Violently masturbating on the JumboTron!