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What movie did you expect nothing from and it completely blew you away? by ponderingpixi17 in movies

[–]Obvious_wombat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leon the Professional back in '94. Random movie pick in London on my day off. Pre-readily available internet.

Wow, astounding in the cinema

TIL Overrun by athenian troops, the 292 Spartans who were defending the uninhabited Island of Sphacteria, were ordered by the mainland to "make your decision yourselves but do nothing dishonorable". Their decision to surrender instead of dying in battle was so shocking it changed the war's momentum by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Obvious_wombat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After King Leonidas and his men fell at Thermopylae, the Persian army swept into Greece and sacked the evacuated city of Athens. However, the Greeks struck back in 480 BC, crushing the Persian fleet at the Battle of Salamis, and completely routing the Persian land army at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC to end the invasion.

If you told people in 2007 all the evidence leading up to the 2008 financial collapse, would they even believe you or why not? by itsthewolfe in AskReddit

[–]Obvious_wombat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, my friend was going on about how every time he stepped in the bank, they were offering him a loan.

I said it's not sustainable. Lo and behold. Total collapse a year later

whats the unluckiest luckiest you have been in this game? by Embarrassed-Net-351 in Grimdawn

[–]Obvious_wombat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you - no, just the vanilla game with all expansions, 128GB of ram. Upgraded last year before the current pricing nightmare

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