1 Comment TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane’s tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by whatilearned March 18, 2023, 10:10 pm 3 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL that the first commercially successful video game – an Atari Pong cabinet at Andy Capp’s Tavern in Sunnyvale California in 1972 – got a complait for beeing “broken” when it was jammed out of order with quarters due to its unexpected popularity by whatilearned September 26, 2022, 1:58 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment just jammed with my dad, feeling pretty discouraged right now by CopyPastaArchive February 8, 2022, 3:58 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments A man is at the 5th game in the World Series and the stands are jammed, except there’s one empty seat between him and another man that’s been empty for an hour by cringeyjokesman August 4, 2021, 10:23 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
11 Comments TIL about the 2003 station nightclub fire in Rhode Island. The fire was started due to pyrotechnics. So many people rushed to the front door that it was jammed. 462 guests were in the nightclub, the max capacity was 402. 100 people died including the Great Whites lead guitarist and the shows emcee. by whatilearned June 2, 2021, 9:33 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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