Frammingatthejimjam
Frammingatthejimjam t1_j10m8a9 wrote
Reply to comment by HUP in Operation Overlord - Allied invasion of Normandy by ristinvoitto
And something like 21 out of 22 tanks sunk on their way to the beach.
Had things gone as planned Omaha wouldn't have been nearly as bad as it was.
Frammingatthejimjam t1_iyd9qd2 wrote
Reply to TIL that in 1979, a charity special episode of the academic student quiz show "It's Academic" was held between a team of three Democratic U.S. Senators, three Republican U.S. Senators, and three members of the press. The special was handily won by the press team. by FranklinDRoosevelt32
Canada had a sort of similar thing more recently (sometime this century) where they did the same thing but with politicians and pop stars. There was not much I both enjoyed and was dismayed at as much as watching elected officials get humiliated by the Bare Naked Ladies.
Frammingatthejimjam t1_iwpzee2 wrote
Reply to comment by scooterboy1961 in TIL: WW1 Armistice Day was Nov 11th, fighting was to cease at 11:00 AM. An American solider charged a German machine gun nest with 16 mins left, and died at 10:59 AM. The last soldier to die in WWI. by wats6831
is the name of a fascinating book about that day.
Frammingatthejimjam t1_ivjwdis wrote
Frammingatthejimjam t1_iso8uef wrote
Reply to comment by TinKicker in How do fishes get into isolated inland lakes in the first place? and why don't we see more divergent evolution / speciation given the separation of each group of fishes from each other? by I-mean-Literally
Somewhat off topic but doesn't Manitoulin have the world's largest island on a lake on an island on a lake?
Frammingatthejimjam t1_j1t071x wrote
Reply to comment by onowahoo in [OC] Every High School Baseball Field Used in the State of West Virginia by dvd5671
In the NHL they can control the speed of the game by the temperature of the ice. Fast team coming to town, slow the whole game down so that your leadfoots can keep up a little better.