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Rexel450 t1_j69c67h wrote
Reply to comment by Minuted in TIL that World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate by TimmyIsBaller
> I'm trying to find out how many rounds per second they'd put out
P51P-51 Mustang armed with six Browning M2 .50 in machine guns, each firing at the exact equal rate, 13 rds a second, 800 rounds per minute: 1880 rds, (400 rds each inboard, 270 rds each outboard)
Rexel450 t1_j69c20b wrote
Rexel450 t1_j5osruk wrote
Reply to comment by j-random in TIL that Microsoft's first operating system was Unix-based by GriffinFTW
I did read that Gates tried to stiff him by saying that IBM was a single sale and that's all he should be paid for.
Rexel450 t1_j5kz3r8 wrote
Reply to comment by Suspicious-Post-5866 in TIL that Microsoft's first operating system was Unix-based by GriffinFTW
> Legend has it that Gates bought MS DOS from a local Seattle company
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Rexel450 t1_j5ftew5 wrote
Reply to comment by A_Half_Ounce in Writer Hunter S. Thompson with his pet wolverine (1980) by Crayfish707
I like to eat breakfast alone, and almost never before noon; anybody with a terminally jangled lifestyle needs at least one psychic anchor every twenty four hours, and mine is breakfast. In Hong Kong, Dallas, or at home—and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed—breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be massive: Four bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crêpes, a half-pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef-hash with diced chilies, a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas, and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert… Right, and there should also be two or three newspapers, all mail and messages, a telephone, a notebook for planning the next twenty four hours, and at least one source of good music… All of which should be dealt with outside, in the warmth of the hot sun, and preferably stone naked.
For starters
Rexel450 t1_ir19k1c wrote
Reply to TIL Beer used to be banned in Iceland until 1989. March 1st is today celebrated as Beer Day in Iceland, to commemorate the day this prohibition was lifted. by KlaxonBeat
Prohibition in Iceland which went into effect in 1915 and lasted until st of March 1989
Rexel450 t1_jae1tgo wrote
Reply to Pregnant Joan Kennedy, Georgetown, photographer unknown, circa 1966 by butterflypoo69
Tin Eye gives the photographer as Bruce Davidson, for Magnum,