3 Comments TIL the term redneck originally comes from coal miners who wore red bandanas around their necks. They were organizing a union for labor rights while the major coal companies, the local sheriff, a private army of mercenaries, and the US government gassed them and dropped bombs on them. by whatilearned November 17, 2022, 7:50 pm 11 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL 70,000 NYC geese have been killed in response to US Airways 1549 collision with a flock of geese (Miracle on the Hudson). 1,235 geese were captured and gassed and 1,739 eggs were coated in oil to smother the goslings in the months immediately following the water landing. by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 2:36 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
12 Comments TIL that male chicks are considered a waste product in the egg industry so are blended alive or gassed by whatilearned August 20, 2021, 4:46 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL When The Institute for Historical Review offered $50,000 dollars to “prove that Jews were gassed in gas chambers at Auschwitz,” a camp survivor, Mel Mermelstein sent them conclusive proof. When they refused to pay, he sued them and was given $90,000 when the court noted, “It is simply a fact.” by whatilearned July 14, 2021, 1:24 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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