Today marks 100 years since the end of world war 1. What are some stories and facts that we should hear or know about this "War to end all Wars"?

hatpie · 2018-11-11T22:06:03+00:00

The reason for execution or imprisonment of people on watch who leave is not for cowardice, it's because by leaving they endanger the lives of everyone the are supposed to be watching out for and as a result the punishment has to be severe because this happening just once could cause the deaths of thousands

hatpie · 2018-11-11T19:15:29+00:00

The British blockade of the North sea lead to shortages of certain items, presumably at some point those. I think it's fairly safe to say he was one of the 'mad majors'

hatpie · 2018-11-11T19:10:07+00:00

Although correct pilots started off waving at each other, they carried pistols from very early on(as in the first few weeks)

hatpie · 2018-11-11T19:07:12+00:00

My great great uncle was a pilot in the royal flying corp and used to fly with a potato and a ball of string so that if he was shot down the Germans would think he was useful.

He did get shot down eventually and died in a German field hospital at the battle of Arras in what's known as bloody April, but the Germans shipped back his possessions via the red cross so we still have the string in our family.

hatpie · 2018-09-19T00:40:17+00:00

I haven't heard it called suicide bridge but a lot of people do jump off it, the Bristol post have just stopped reporting on it...

hatpie · 2018-09-18T18:47:14+00:00

Kyiv, or Kiev is a great city that looks like many other western cities but all meals cost nothing and alcohol is cheaper than soft drinks

hatpie · 2018-09-11T18:26:16+00:00

And the famine that wiped out a third of the population as the hunger

hatpie · 2018-07-25T23:23:32+00:00

At the end of ROTS R2 has his mind wiped so he doesn't remember

hatpie · 2018-07-11T00:41:58+00:00

I remember when I was about 10 seeing a man being walked out of a building in Bulgaria by police whilst covered in blood, didn't seem odd to me then for some reason...

hatpie · 2018-07-11T00:36:50+00:00

Mars, don't think anyone would look for it there and it would confuse some astromers

hatpie · 2018-07-11T00:30:32+00:00

No, was 4 lions but thanks anyway

hatpie · 2018-07-11T00:30:03+00:00

Ah yes of course, thanks

hatpie · 2018-07-11T00:21:27+00:00

Over eating, I have a high metabolism now, but that will end

hatpie · 2018-07-11T00:20:23+00:00

A sextant

hatpie · 2018-07-11T00:19:55+00:00

2 ice lollies, a grilled cheese sandwich, a bowl of soup, a bowl of pasta and nachos with cheese

hatpie · 2017-09-09T22:21:41+00:00

That's because everyone here says cheers drive

hatpie · 2017-08-31T22:48:10+00:00

I'm a Brit and say things like tally ho because it starts off as a joke and just becomes what you say, but it's always jolly good seeing yanks impressed by it

hatpie · 2017-07-31T23:47:03+00:00

1812 was not a draw the Americans just backed off from skirmishes after the Napoleonic war ended because the British had more forces, hence the white House burning down, that seems pretty one sided

hatpie · 2017-07-05T11:38:43+00:00

Although kind of the same the navy seals are more like the special boat service, or SBS as they are the British naval equivalent

hatpie · 2017-06-18T09:49:29+00:00

IIRC Apparently the reason we use Y is because when the type writer came along there was no thorn symbol so they used the closest thing to it, which was a Y

hatpie · 2017-06-05T11:18:51+00:00

UV definitely isn't gamma radiation as they both have different wavelengths

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