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HoNose t1_ja8n6rd wrote
Reply to comment by carcinoma_kid in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
The Soviets lost 27,000,000 citizens. They lost 8-14,000,000 soldiers.
HoNose t1_izs5tjk wrote
Reply to comment by JonnyK89898989 in TIL In 1939 chess Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf started regular simultaneous blindfold exhibitions hoping that international news coverage would reconnect him with family in Poland. He succeeded in setting the record and getting international coverage but his family had already been killed by nazis. by SigmaGrooveJamSet
Could be, but statistically unlikely: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)
>In August 2009, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) researchers estimated Poland's dead (including Polish Jews) at between 5.47 and 5.67 million (due to German actions) and 150,000 (due to Soviet), or around 5.62 and 5.82 million total.
HoNose t1_jarsoj9 wrote
Reply to comment by NiceShotMan in [Sportsnet] History has been made! After beating the Buffalo Sabres tonight, the Boston Bruins have become the fastest team in NHL history to reach 100 points in a single season (61 GP). by BCLetsRide69
Considering the performance of Canadian teams, the obvious conclusions is that Canadians aren't big hockey fans.