I double checked myself on some Chauchat machinegun facts, and then kind of went into a rabbit hole of inter-war French armament.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesaffelstein I heard a song by an artist I’ve never heard of before
From Dante, to Jamiroquai, to Nazis, to tunnel, to Caillou. These are all from the same day. I fucking love Wikipedia.
I like looking at tv episode guides and actor filmographies
Because yesterday was the fifth of November, I looked up Wikipedia pages about the story and person(s) that inspired the movie, V for Vendetta
The Wiki article about the Gunpowder Plot in particular was most interesting.
Most recently, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
Hey me too!
Such variety!
The new South Park is killing it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter
I like helicoptersThe article on Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish military genius and aid to Washington and the colonialists during the American Revolutionary War. He was in with Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson too. Among many other things, he designed the fortifications around West Point.
He also led the “Kościuszko Uprising” against the Russian occupation of Poland.
My favorite anecdote from the article is that he was all about human rights. He willed a portion of his estate to freeing enslaved black people, including Thomas Jefferson’s slaves specifically. Everyone charged with executing his will balked at that one though, the money ended up going to education for black people instead. Still, what a way to get a final mic drop against a colleague from beyond the grave.
I’d rather share my porn history
OK. Let’s have it then.
Yeísmo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeísmo
The double L in many Spanish dialects turning into a Y sound.
I had no idea there was a name for it. Cool!
