During WW2 the US army trained and used pigeons to guide missiles onto targets known as The Pigeon Guided Missile AKA Project Orcon.

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• https://youtu.be/6LYUsGwFneM
• https://youtu.be/Ro068H6w8Vg

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Here's the messed up part of it all.

After the US dropped the first Atomic bomb(based on Uranium)(called Little Boy) on Hiroshima, Japan was basically defeated and was going to surrender.

BUT YET!! 😡 Truman, the 33rd president at that time decided to drop the 2nd Bomb on Kokura JUST TO SHOW THE WORLD AND SOVIET UNION THAT THEY CAN! 🖕

But that city had a cloud cover when the bomber pilots got there so they changed course and dropped the second (plutonium based) Atomic Bomb (called Fat Man) on Nagasaki.

Ofc I don't support BOTH the bombs. And blood is on that shitty president but the second bomb is just unjustifiable by any means necessary. Cause right after the first bomb, Japan's government told it's allies that it was going to surrender and yet they bombed them again.

Infact I consider it the deadliest science experiment done on humans. Because they wanted to see what plutonium would do instead of uranium as well. MTSM!

Estimates put the death toll in Hiroshima at between 80,000 and 140,000, and in Nagasaki at between 40,000 and 80,000.

#History #Thoughts
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Today I learnt that Joachim Hossenfelder, a Lutheran theologian in Nazi Germany, was known for his support of the Nazi regime's ideology and its attempt to align Christianity with National Socialism.

He was associated with the "German Christians" movement within the German Protestant Church that sought to integrate Nazi principles into religious teachings.

This movement aimed to create a "Positive Christianity" that aligned with Nazi racial and nationalistic beliefs.

Hossenfelder's views were controversial and not universally accepted within the Protestant community.

Theologians like Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Niemöller strongly opposed the "German Christians" and their attempts to merge Christianity with Nazi ideology.

#History #JoachimHossenfelder #Nazi
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They hid this documentary the past few weeks and I was so annoyed I couldn't finish it. Now that it's back I can't risk losing it again.

So I've uploaded the entire documentary to my files channel.
• https://t.me/c/1156511084/563

#TheAbyss #Documentary #Nazi #History
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The year is 44 BC. Julius Caesar has been declared "Dictator for Life" and is now the most powerful man in the Roman Republic. In 48 BC he had defeated Pompey the Great, another Roman general, and by 45 BC he had put down all resistance. The civil wars were over; peace at last.

But a conspiracy was brewing. The Senators were worried by how much power Caesar had amassed and — crucially — by how much the people loved him. They feared that, if he hadn't already, Caesar would soon turn the Roman Republic into a kingdom ruled by one man. So this was not an uprising of the people against a tyrant — it was a small conspiracy of aristocrats and senators, about sixty of them in all.

Why did they want to kill Caesar?
There are two views.

The first is that they wanted to save the Republic from a populist tyrant. Marcus Junius Brutus was the reluctant leader of this conspiracy. He had been on Pompey's side during the Civil War, but Caesar had granted him amnesty. Brutus was conflicted between betraying the man who saved his life and protecting the sacred, ancient Roman Republic.

The less idealistic view is that these Senators' political position was threatened by Caesar, who didn't need their support and might circumvent them completely. Rather than Brutus' lofty and noble ambitions, perhaps the conspiracy was simply a question of power.

Either way, momentum reached fever pitch. Too many people knew about the conspiracy; it would soon be uncovered; time was running out. They considered killing him at the elections in the Campus Martius, but then Caesar announced a special Senate meeting on the Ides of March.

The great Greek historian Plutarch noted the irony that it was at the Curia of Pompey, built by Caesar's greatest rival, that this meeting of the Senate was scheduled to take place. The Curia was by the entrance of a large theatre also built by Pompey.

Nor was that the only twist of fate. When Rome had been ruled by kings it was another Brutus who led the coup in 509 BC and established the Roman Republic. Five hundred years later his descendent would try to save it.

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It is the morning of the Ides of March, the 15th. Brutus, dagger under his robe, leaves his wife Porcia for the meeting — she begs him not to go, terrified that it will end badly. But he does. So the conspirators gather at the Curia of Pompey, waiting, waiting, waiting... Caesar is late.

Caesar remains at home all morning because of bad health, strange dreams, and troubling omens over the last few days. Caesar is spooked and — urged by his wife — sends his right-hand man Mark Antony to postpone the Senate meeting. But Decimus Albinus, another of Caesar's allies, is part of the plot. He reminds Caesar that it was he who called the meeting, and suggests the Senate intend to proclaim him king if he shows up. Not to go would be an insult — and, to the people, it might make him look weak.

Meanwhile, back at the Curia, the conspirators are barely hold their nerve. Had the plot been revealed?

Caesar is coming. Allegedly a soothsayer called Spurinna once told Caesar to "beware the Ides of March." On his way to the Senate Caesar sees Spurinna and mocks his prophecy, saying, "the Ides have come." Spurinna replies, "they have come, but not yet gone."

Meanwhile Brutus receives a message to say his wife has died. She hadn't, as he later discovered, but he decides to remain anyway.

Finally Caesar arrives at the Curia. But not without one final moment of panic, as the conspirators fear they are being outed: Caesar enters the Curia.

Mark Antony is a fierce soldier who might have been able to protect him — Albinus delays Mark Antony outside; this was a crucial part of the plan.

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Inside, Caesar is slowly surrounded by the Senators... And then it happens.

Caesar is overwhelmed and cannot defend himself; he is stabbed twenty three times, saying nothing... until he realises Brutus is one of his attackers: Julius Caesar has been assassinated; Julius Caesar is dead.

The conspirators leave his body and the next stage of their plan commences: to address the people, assuage their fears, establish order, and proclaim liberty for the Republic. That is how they refer to themselves — as Liberators.

But Rome is eerily silent — the conspirators disperse and barricade themselves at home. Next day Brutus addresses the people. It goes well until Caesar's will is read by Mark Antony — he has left money to every single citizen. A riot breaks out and the Curia is burned down. Antony's plan works perfectly. The conspirators believe the people are against them and scale back their hopes for reform.

Antony urges peace, calms the people, and agrees a compromise whereby the conspirators are not punished but Caesar's laws and reforms remain valid. But civil war eventually broke out and the conspirators were defeated in 42 BC by Mark Antony and Octavian, Caesar's heir. After that came yet another civil war between Antony and Octavian. Octavian won and in 27 BC became Augustus, the first Emperor — thus ensued Pax Romana.

Whether Brutus was treacherous or noble, his plans failed — the Republic fell and Rome became an Empire. So that's the 15th March 44 BC, one of those dates forever etched into the annals of history. And the question remains: was Brutus a hero or a villain?

#JuliusCaesar #History
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A cycle race back in the days

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Map of Arpanet

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First MP3

The first ever MP3 was the a cappella version of "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega. Karlheinz Brandenburg, who worked on the MP3 format, used the song as a benchmark to see how the compression algorithm would handle the human voice.

Instrumental music had been easier to compress, but Vega's voice sounded distorted and unnatural in early versions of the format. Brandenburg would end up making hundreds of tweaks to the MP3 compression algorithm to make Vega's voice clearer. He would later even get to meet Suzanne Vega and hear the song performed live.

#Computer #History #MP3
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First Spam Email

The first spam email was sent by Gary Thuerk, a marketing manager for the Digital Equipment Corporation. Thuerk sent the email to 320 recipients on ARPANET, advertising a product presentation of the new DECSYSTEM-20 mainframe computers.

The reaction to the email was overwhelmingly negative: one user claimed it broke his computer system, and the US Defense Communications Agency called his company to complain. Thuerk claims he sold $13 to $14 million worth of mainframe computers through the campaign.

The term "spam" would not be used until years later, after being inspired by a Monty Python sketch.

#Computer #History #Spam
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