the_mellojoe t1_jcrp2qx wrote on March 19, 2023 at 1:11 AM

Reply to comment by Jamgull in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard

sexily biting his lip the entire time

the_mellojoe t1_j5twz6g wrote on January 25, 2023 at 3:24 PM

Reply to comment by MDisbetterthanMA in TIL Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt once during a White House event, commandeered an airplane, and went on a joyride to Baltimore. by No_Visit8945

Very close friends.

the_mellojoe t1_j4qy7i2 wrote on January 17, 2023 at 5:29 PM

Reply to Industrial espionage: How China sneaks out America's technology secrets by sankscan

So much manufacturing is sent to China, it doesn't seem like a big step to just keep those lines running after the sale and then keep some for yourself and then reverse engineer it.

So, what secrets? America voluntarily sends information on a regular basis.

the_mellojoe t1_it4733e wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:24 PM

Reply to comment by Lost-Currency9670 in [OC] US counties required to provide non-English ballots under the Voting Rights Act, by number of languages by USAFacts_Official

really? not one?

here's about 430 different reasons...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States?wprov=sfla1

the_mellojoe t1_it46ht3 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:20 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in [OC] US counties required to provide non-English ballots under the Voting Rights Act, by number of languages by USAFacts_Official

the USA does not have an official language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States?wprov=sfla1

the_mellojoe t1_it41md1 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 7:49 PM

Reply to comment by potatoisabean in [OC] US counties required to provide non-English ballots under the Voting Rights Act, by number of languages by USAFacts_Official

officially, there is no "the language" and every time it came up for a vote, people voted it down. so which language should people speak? Any of the native indigenous languages? German? Spanish? English? Old Norse? Italian? or any of the languages brought from the countries in Africa?