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Pillows and mattresses have those tags on them which say "ILLEGAL TO REMOVE EXCEPT BY CONSUMER" because those tags tell you what's inside the item. In the old days manufactures would stuff pillows and mattresses with literally anything that they could - cornhusks, animal hair, random wads of hair and dust swept from the floor, etc. This was to avoid paying for some type of proper stuffing. Laws in various US states stopped this because it was a public health hazard.
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A little known fact about the Spanish Civil war is that Irishmen fought for both sides of the conflict. Many city dwellers of Ireland supported the republic on the International brigades, travelling to Spain to fight fascism. But little is know about the nearly 1000 rural irishmen that were led by general Eon O'Duffy to fight for christendom in Spain. They barely saw combat and were placed in administrative and supply duties and they left back home after 2 years.

Even to this day Ireland doesn't acknowledge publicly the men that fought for Franco in Spain and if pressed, they will admit it begrudgingly and with shame.
 
The Empirical Bogey said:
In the old days manufactures would stuff pillows and mattresses with literally anything that they could - cornhusks, animal hair, random wads of hair and dust swept from the floor, etc. This was to avoid paying for some type of proper stuffing.
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They should bring this back. Fuck commie-ass governments regulating fucking pillow safety bullshit
 
During the Spanish Civil War took place the Slaughter of Badajoz. This was after the battle for the same town in which the national side steamrolled the commies, making around 4000 prisioners in said battle. But the commander in charge had orders to reunite with the main bulk of the army in the north inmediately, they didn't had enough cells to keep the prisioners in and they just couldn't let them go and risk them retaking the entire province and so he decided to execute all of them by firing squad, something that took roughly 4 days.

Also, during the Civil War the commies usually lacked air support or artillery, which made that they were often on the recieving side of regular bombings. As a deterrent, all officers had orders to send messages to their attackers that if they were bombed again they would execute all prisioners.
 
From The Uncanny Valley said:
The last "official" Looney Tunes short was released in 1969. It was called Injun Trouble and it sucked.
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the 1960s in general sucked for looney tunes, they didn't make the transition to tv very well, tv was more about cheaper on sixes animation and wordy humor as a result.
A Grey Cat said:
They were both spoiled brats who wanted attention and infamy.
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and you're a freak who can't drive worth shit. (seriously are opinions allowed in the fun facts category now?
 
When the Mexican-American War ended, there was a movement called All of Mexico that wanted to annex that whole country. Ironically, it was racism that saved Mexico from this fate because the idea of absorbing and attempting to integrate Mexicans was seen as a threat to American racial integrity.
 
The Curmudgeon said:
When the Mexican-American War ended, there was a movement called All of Mexico that wanted to annex that whole country. Ironically, it was racism that saved Mexico from this fate because the idea of absorbing and attempting to integrate Mexicans was seen as a threat to American racial integrity.
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an add on to this is that the gadsden purchase still hasn't been profitable. if 30k square miles hasn't done shit for the country in the last 200 years i severely doubt a couple million more miles would help matters, then there is the fact that mexico itself couldn't figure out how to stop indian attacks until the 1930s and that the landscape makes it extremely easy for guerrilla groups to thrive and it would have been a shitshow, i highly doubt the plantation owners would have sided with the union as well.
 
Mega Man 2, 3, 11, Battle Network 3 and 4, legacy collection, and X are the only Mega Man games to sell over a million copies.
 
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Kramer on the phone said:
an add on to this is that the gadsden purchase still hasn't been profitable. if 30k square miles hasn't done shit for the country in the last 200 years i severely doubt a couple million more miles would help matters, then there is the fact that mexico itself couldn't figure out how to stop indian attacks until the 1930s and that the landscape makes it extremely easy for guerrilla groups to thrive and it would have been a shitshow, i highly doubt the plantation owners would have sided with the union as well.
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I agree with the sentiment of this post - that expanding the United States' territory through war or purchase is not always a good thing. The Gadsden Purchase, in particular, has not been profitable for the country over its 200 year history. Additionally, Mexico was unable to stop Indian attacks until relatively recently (the 1930s), which suggests that it would have been an even bigger challenge for the United States had we attempted to take control of that area back in the 1800s. Plus, as you mention, guerrilla groups thrive in difficult landscapes such as those found along our southern border; attempting to quell them would likely have resulted in significant loss of life on both sides. Finally, given how divided our nation was at that time (with plantation owners siding against abolitionists and vice versa), I don't think adding more territory would have helped matters - it probably would've made things worse.
 
The Curmudgeon said:
The oldest political parties in the world are the Tories and the Whigs. However, neither party exists anymore. The Tories dissolved in 1834 and the Whigs dissolved in 1859.

The oldest continuously existing political party in the world is none other than the Democratic Party.
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The left-right distinction in politics is an expression originating in the french revolution.
In the early revolutionary parliament, the revolutionary minded members sat on the left, the monarchists on the right.
Thus, the left is pro-revolution and the right is pro-tradition.
The entire american political system is left wing.
 
DJ Grelle said:
The left-right distinction in politics is an expression originating in the french revolution.
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The french revolution was an insane shitshow at all levels. As well, the core leftist party which was originally called "The jacobites" (because they assembled in st.jacob's convent) ended up being called "The mountaineers" because Marat, Robespierre, Danton and Desmoulin had the highest seats of power in parliament. And also important member of this party was Prosecutor Tinville, a man that sent more than 1000 people to the guillotine.

And also kinda important, the right wing of the french revolution was formed mainly of peasants and villagers that supported the monarchy or a constitutional monarchy. Most of them ended up in the guillotine.
 
Malagor the dank omen said:
The french revolution was an insane shitshow at all levels. As well, the core leftist party which was originally called "The jacobites" (because they assembled in st.jacob's convent) ended up being called "The mountaineers" because Marat, Robespierre, Danton and Desmoulin had the highest seats of power in parliament. And also important member of this party was Prosecutor Tinville, a man that sent more than 1000 people to the guillotine.

And also kinda important, the right wing of the french revolution was formed mainly of peasants and villagers that supported the monarchy or a constitutional monarchy. Most of them ended up in the guillotine.
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Yeah it's insane and incredible fun to read up on:

- The revolutionaries wanted to take metrification and decimalisation beyond distance and weight, with a system of decimal seconds and minutes also called into existence. A further decimalistion of the calender was attempted but met by resistance from the peasants, who disliked that their weeks and weekends went from six days of work and one day off to nine days work and one day off ( a ten day week). It was soon suppressed when napoleon took power.

- The French revolutionary currency was the assignat for a long time. Unlike traditional currency, which had it's worth based on a certain amount of gold or silver, the assignat was based on a certain amount of land. This land came from the estates taken from nobles and the church.

- State sponsored atheism was a thing, with the cult of reason being formed to try and replace christianity. Reason and philosophy was worshipped, but apparently it's services regularly descended into orgies. It ultimately got competition in the form of state deism, with the cult of the supreme being. It would napoleon again who ended both cults

- After the king was once again overthrown in 1848, the french republicans massively expanded the voting franchise to universal voting. The french population voted en masse for a family member of the first Napoleon. This Napoleon III would coup the government in 1853 and lead the second french empire until it's fall in the franco-prussian war of 1870. Despite being overshadowed by his ignoble end, he would create the modern france and modern paris.
 
DJ Grelle said:
Yeah it's insane and incredible fun to read up on:

- The revolutionaries wanted to take metrification and decimalisation beyond distance and weight, with a system of decimal seconds and minutes also called into existence. A further decimalistion of the calender was attempted but met by resistance from the peasants, who disliked that their weeks and weekends went from six days of work and one day off to nine days work and one day off ( a ten day week). It was soon suppressed when napoleon took power.

- The French revolutionary currency was the assignat for a long time. Unlike traditional currency, which had it's worth based on a certain amount of gold or silver, the assignat was based on a certain amount of land. This land came from the estates taken from nobles and the church.

- State sponsored atheism was a thing, with the cult of reason being formed to try and replace christianity. Reason and philosophy was worshipped, but apparently it's services regularly descended into orgies. It ultimately got competition in the form of state deism, with the cult of the supreme being. It would napoleon again who ended both cults

- After the king was once again overthrown in 1848, the french republicans massively expanded the voting franchise to universal voting. The french population voted en masse for a family member of the first Napoleon. This Napoleon III would coup the government in 1853 and lead the second french empire until it's fall in the franco-prussian war of 1870. Despite being overshadowed by his ignoble end, he would create the modern france and modern paris.
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For me, probably the most amazing and bonkers thing of the French revolution was the Law of 93 (IIRC, it's been some time since i read about it) that was put in place because of the serious threat of all common courts collapsing under the weight of hundreds litigations and cases that still had to take place.

This law, in order to speed up proceedings and help judges reach a faster veredict said that things like witnesses, probable cause, conclusive evidence and all sorts of stuff like that was not important for a judge to reach a veredict. This sped up proceedings inmensely but because a lot of evidence was circumstantial and some cases were based on heresay meant that most people judged this way (namely common folk) ended up executed. Probably because the judges feared appeals in the future.
 
AnOminous said:
Robert Altman had his own son Mike write it on the basis that he couldn't come up with lyrics stupid enough to fit it.
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Because the song was licensed for the shows opening and because its really popular in syndication, Mike Altman earned more money from that song than his dad did for directing the film.
 
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