lad_astro t1_iufi3g7 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:48 PM Reply to TIL that the despite being the outermost bridge in NYC and the southernmost bridge in the whole state of NY, the Outerbridge Crossing in NYC is actually named after Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, the first chairman of the Port of New York Authority. by LOERMaster A bit like sideburns. It seems like a pretty sensible name to give them, but they are in fact named after an American Civil War general called Ambrose Burnside Permalink 3
lad_astro t1_irvnmt8 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 11:56 AM Reply to comment by Fatt-Deg-Pa-Hjernen in TIL about John Rabe. A German representative in China who used his Nazi credentials and influence to save 200,000 Chinese citizens from being slaughtered by Japanese forces in 1937 during the Nanjing Massacre. by LethalPoopstain Nicholas Winton? Permalink Parent 4
lad_astro t1_iufi3g7 wrote
Reply to TIL that the despite being the outermost bridge in NYC and the southernmost bridge in the whole state of NY, the Outerbridge Crossing in NYC is actually named after Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, the first chairman of the Port of New York Authority. by LOERMaster
A bit like sideburns. It seems like a pretty sensible name to give them, but they are in fact named after an American Civil War general called Ambrose Burnside