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Goalie_deacon t1_j8t3o3d wrote

Reply to comment by MissingInBrain in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

Nah, she thought he died in a shootout with the cops, not later by suicide. She also thought the big lawsuit that ended the 30 minute guarantee was by the Noid family, not related to a fatal crash from a bad pizza driver. Basically crossed up facts from different stories.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j8rkgce wrote

Reply to comment by captainktainer in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

I always felt their pizza is horrible, old and new. There’s a reason they always advertised delivery. They only promise the pizza will get to you. They don’t claim it’s good.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j8rk7in wrote

Reply to comment by fa9 in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

It took more than one crash, there were many. I found an article that stated 20 fatal crashes. What put a final end to it was a $78M lawsuit in 1993.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j8rjhne wrote

Reply to comment by MissingInBrain in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

Yeah, I recall my mom telling me about it. She got the details wrong, but she got the part about him being mentally screwed up, and dying.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j77esq9 wrote

Reply to comment by LeanMeanDrMachine in TIL American writer Jack Kerouac served on SS Dorchester which was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 3 February 1943. Kerouac would have also been on the ship during the attack, but for a telegram he received from coach Lou Little, asking him to return to Columbia University to play football. by History-Guy111111

He wasn’t in the military when he was aboard the SS Dorchester. He was a civilian merchant mariner. He did later enlist in the Navy Reserve, but was discharged for mental health problems.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j2521ev wrote

Reply to TIL in 1980, An aspiring actor Paul David Siederman, won the Nathan's Famous July 4th hot dog eating championship. He later became the well-known porn actor Jerry Butler and was married to TV actress Lisa Loring, who played Wednesday in the 60's series "The Addams Family" by ourmanflint1

Crazy they met on a porn set, and went on Sally Jesse Raphael show to talk about their life shortly before they divorced. Now that’s kooky

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Goalie_deacon t1_j1ovv8u wrote

Reply to comment by heinzliketchup57 in You don’t see RVs get in a lot of accidents by Blinky_

One would hope so. My FIL will prove you wrong. He lost everything as my in laws were living in a camping trailer, and he wrecked losing all of it. Thankfully MIL wasn’t with him when it happened. A few years later, he tore up another trailer. He just bought one. I’ll see how long that one last.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j1el7az wrote

Reply to comment by hemuni in TIL that Henry Gunther was the last soldier to die in World War I. The war ended at 11 AM and Gunther was killed at 10:59 AM while charging a German machine gun by IAmDavidGurney

War was declared over before hand, and orders were sent out telling all commanders on both sides about when the war would officially end. Literally every soldier could’ve just slept in, and be eating a nice breakfast in the open as the war ended. Sadly, psychopaths were in command.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j1ekfng wrote

Reply to comment by ZXE102Rv2 in TIL that Henry Gunther was the last soldier to die in World War I. The war ended at 11 AM and Gunther was killed at 10:59 AM while charging a German machine gun by IAmDavidGurney

It already did, and they knew it. Orders had already came down that Germany accepted terms of surrender, and they agreed to end the war at that specific time. War basically ended the day before. Only psychopaths were still wanting to fight longer.

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Goalie_deacon t1_j1ek5xc wrote

Reply to comment by deeracorneater in TIL that Henry Gunther was the last soldier to die in World War I. The war ended at 11 AM and Gunther was killed at 10:59 AM while charging a German machine gun by IAmDavidGurney

Wasn’t just him though. American officers were still ordering men to fight, even though the last battles that day changed nothing. The treaty was already signed, and the Germans weren’t charging. Germans only fought back in self defense.

Really a waste of life, as terms of surrender were already decided. The final score didn’t matter, Germany lost before hand. They were just running the clock.

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Goalie_deacon t1_izf86sh wrote

Reply to [TIL] Early in his career, Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, had a habit of getting into fights. He once had a shootout with a competitor, Matt Stewart. After Stewart shot and killed one of Sanders' employees, Stewart was convicted of murder, eliminating Sanders' competition. by OvidPerl

And that folks is how to get Employee of the Month at KFC. Get shot by a Popeye’s franchise owner, and you too can have your pic on the wall. Get out there, and make KFC proud.

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Goalie_deacon t1_ixos2ag wrote

Reply to comment by ZwischenzugZugzwang in TIL a few months before his death in 1896, Alfred Nobel was prescribed nitroglycerin for this heart condition. by Ganacsi

Okay, Nobel didn’t invent nitroglycerin. Dynamite was Nobel’s invention to make handling nitroglycerin safer. He created the Nobel Peace Price because his fear that he made a great weapon. None of that makes this as interesting as he created dynamite after his brother died from nitroglycerin explosion. What killed one brother kept the other brother alive a bit longer, and a legend.

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