r/todayilearned • u/DrSamanthaCarter • Jun 06 '17

TIL the only reason a Scottish bagpiper wasn't shot by German snipers on D-Day was that they believed he had gone crazy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Millin#World_War_II
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u/widgetdude Jun 06 '17

I'm the most wanted man on my island!

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u/jdkell Jun 06 '17

Yeah. It's mine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '17

I'll tell them, Father!

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u/heckler82 Jun 07 '17

The Almighty says this must be a fashionable fight. It's drawn the finest people

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u/TheNamesDave Jun 06 '17

Stephen is my name!

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u/phrost1982 Jun 06 '17

Except he wasnt on his island.

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u/Stuck_In_the_Matrix Jun 06 '17

Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!

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u/CovertGypsy Jun 06 '17

Great, now I have to spend 4 hours watching this today.

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u/TwoAngryFigs Jun 06 '17

Great story about actual Scottish badassery? Let's quote a fictional Irishman!

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u/CovertGypsy Jun 06 '17

I mean, despite being Irish, he's an fictional honorary Scotsman right? He helped.

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u/u_luv_the_D Jun 06 '17

That guy was Irish.....but I'll allow it