BigPoppaHoyle1
BigPoppaHoyle1 t1_iuyq7an wrote
Reply to TIL that the Persian King Xerxes was so enraged after a storm destroyed his bridges that he ordered the sea be given 300 whiplashes, and branded it with red-hot irons as the soldiers shouted at the water by LethalPoopstain
Man with a sore shoulder after whipping the sea 247 times: “This is bullshit”
BigPoppaHoyle1 t1_ixtw2e7 wrote
Reply to comment by g0ing_postal in TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair
Comparing Auschwitz to Unit 731… I can’t even think of an apt comparison but the Japanese torture experimentation was definitely much much worse