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FGD135 · February 9, 2020, 2:21pm

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Footnotes, side notes, liner notes… the smaller stuff that tends to get overlooked.

FGD135 · February 9, 2020, 2:21pm

zfirphdn · February 9, 2020, 2:46pm

That was worth reading to the end, to learn how the Navy tested the strength of gin by using gunpowder!

FGD135 · February 9, 2020, 3:57pm

On 1924-02-06, Albert Einstein talked about his theory of relativity on the radio:

FGD135 · February 14, 2020, 3:34pm

smulder · February 15, 2020, 12:51am

FGD135 · February 15, 2020, 8:20am

https://neal.fun/who-was-alive/

FGD135 · February 16, 2020, 10:08pm

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Wanderfound · February 22, 2020, 9:59am

Not “smaller stuff”, but it’s history and doesn’t really fit in any of the other regular threads:

“The real damage is done by those millions who want to ‘survive.’ The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes.

Those who won’t take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don’t like to make waves—or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only literature.

Those who live small, die small. It’s the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you’ll keep it under control. If you don’t make any noise, the bogeyman won’t find you. But it’s all an illusion because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe.

Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does.

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Wanderfound · February 24, 2020, 7:23am

I’m reading some Oz history at the moment, and I came across this resonant bit of trivia:

FGD135 · February 25, 2020, 9:25pm

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Mangochin · February 25, 2020, 10:03pm

A guy who definitely deserves a BBC miniseries or film based about his exploits.

Frank Foley was a British spy who not only was hugely successful in recruiting German scientific assets before and during WWII but also saved tens of thousands of people from the Holocaust through sheer chutzpah.

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FGD135 · February 27, 2020, 9:04am

I had never heard of him until yesterday when there was a radio feature about him:

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