therealsirlegend
therealsirlegend t1_j5itcj1 wrote
Reply to Gardener loses four fingers after the grenade he used as the key holder explodes by rocketboy44
He was lucky he didn't have his keys in his pocket at the time. Fingers might not have been all he lost...
therealsirlegend t1_iy6wxrt wrote
Reply to comment by Borlongati in TIL that after the battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, the captain of the Constitution, Isaac Hull, refused the sword of surrender from the captain of the Guerriere, James Richard Dacre, saying he could not accept it from a man who fought so gallantly by alcapwnage0007
And fantastic Wordplay for the summary!
therealsirlegend t1_ixbwg7y wrote
Reply to comment by KanePilkington in TIL of Friendly Floatees, an armada of 28,000 rubber ducks that were accidentally spilled into the Pacific Ocean in 1992 by a container ship. Researchers then used them to track ocean currents until 2007. by oscillathor
I really hope the company that made these things marketed the hell out of. 15 yrs in the sun and salt water and they were still floating! That's some impressive manufacturing quality standards.
therealsirlegend t1_it6jidu wrote
Reply to comment by Quality-Services in TIL about the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. The daughter of Thutmose I and his first wife, she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, and was his first wife. When Thutmose II died, she became regent for the baby Thutmose III, her husband's heir by another wife. She ruled 22 years until her death. by marmorset
R/contactlistfromhell
therealsirlegend t1_ja6w524 wrote
Reply to comment by LilG1984 in Google lays off 100 robot workers used to clean its cafeterias, says report by snowmaninheat
The only thing that could make this funnier is if one of them was named Bender...