Which in turn reminds of this: https://xkcd.com/794/ I sometimes feel strangely sad for all the inside jokes, references, memes and trends throughout history that now are gone and forgotten forever. (View Post)

There was even an attempted coup d'état to stop the surrender, known as the Kyūjō incident. That's how strong some felt that surrender wasn't an option. (View Post)

On August 15, 1945, Japanese emperor Hirohito announced the unconditional surrender of Imperial Japan, ending World war 2. He did so in a radio broadcast known as the Jewel Voice Broadcast. This broa… (View Post)

The grain cartel The earliest known cartel in history was in Athens back in 386 B.C. The price of grain had risen substantially , probably because of things like the Corinthian war. Athens had to imp… (View Post)

I feel that my intelligence, wisdom and charisma would all go up a few points if I had 18 constitution. (View Post)