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DirtyDanTheManlyMan t1_j6ff4fm wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL on the night of 22-23 July 1945 USN Commander Eugene Fluckey sent a shore party from his submarine USS Barb (SS-220) to sabotage a railroad. The raiders became the only Allied force to invade mainland Japan in the war, and the Barb became the only sub in history with a confirmed kill on a train. by YankeeWalrus

Look up what the Japanese did to POWS. Blowing up a train isn’t shit

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SamtheCossack t1_j6fdzy0 wrote

Reply to comment by lemmepickanameffs in TIL that sperm whales are the loudest animal on Earth, and their clicks can literally kill you with sound by g1ucose

The energy is enough to do it, and water transfers well. It is possible, but it isn't likely to happen even if whales didn't deliberately avoid doing it near us.

Now if a whale wanted to do it, it totally could. Several whale species do it to prey species, and a Sperm Whale has more than enough potential to make it happen. But they use it for detecting food in the very deep ocean prior to making their deep dives, they don't really have any interest in using it to flex on humans.

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Mr_Sarcasum t1_j6fbtjx wrote

Reply to comment by ShEsHy in TIL in the 1980s Monty Python got much of its exposure to the US through PBS, because of CBS censoring parts of "The Holy Grail" in a 1977 broadcast. This upset the comedy troupe, prompting them to withdraw the broadcast rights. by AnthillOmbudsman

That's a pretty good description for about 15%-35% of the country. The eccentric part you see on television and tiktok. But it's as accurate as saying Polish people love LGBTs people because they're accepted in Sweden.

You're unknowingly cutting out the normal people you normally don't see portrayed in our media.

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edfitz83 t1_j6fazkz wrote

Reply to TIL in the 1980s Monty Python got much of its exposure to the US through PBS, because of CBS censoring parts of "The Holy Grail" in a 1977 broadcast. This upset the comedy troupe, prompting them to withdraw the broadcast rights. by AnthillOmbudsman

Nope. People were exposed because of Flying Circus. MPFC was on PBS not for censorship, but because the episodes were 30 mins long since BBC doesn’t have ads. Python didn’t want to edit their shows to make them shorter and allow ads, so PBS was the only option.

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Consistent_Ad_4828 t1_j6fafh9 wrote

Reply to comment by GetsGold in TIL China is bigger than the U.S. in terms of land area. The U.S. is also bigger than Canada in terms of land area. by Mewhenthe4

Lol yeah I assume so, hence me being downvoted already. Try praising anything about China on a non-political issue (working to prevent the desertification of areas near the Gobi, tech innovations) and you’ll get a bunch of what I assume are bots calling you an authoritarian lol. Nuance seems to instantly be lost on people.

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SolarSmelter t1_j6f9nex wrote

Reply to comment by Low_Soul_Coal in TIL that modern store mannequins can now record video, sound and automatically analyze demographic data and customers reactions to products from facial expressions analysis by human8264829264

There won’t be any dystopian overcoming for them when I make grimaced facial contortions directed at their mannecameras to analyze. Their system will self-destruct with all the expressions I can cycle through in a second. I’ll be standing at the foundation of their ivory towers kicking them until they fall, all the while my doo doo farts in the act rise stinky clouds above their glass ceilings. Instead of the sun, they will see a gaseous brown piece of what I did to a glazed turkey dinner the night before with the many visages of my profile superimposed over their disastrous nightmare of a victorious sky.

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