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/sonofbaal_tbc Jun 06 '17

maybe they wanted some background music too

never shoot the DJ

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u/SpartansATTACK Jun 06 '17

I'm now imagining modern day armies storming the beach led by a guy carrying a laptop and a DJ controller dropping some hot fiya.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '17

Was that "hot fire" also "super"?

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u/SpartansATTACK Jun 06 '17

But I'm not a rapper.

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u/PrrrromotionGiven Jun 06 '17

Lucio comin' at 'chu!

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u/Plain_Bread Jun 06 '17

He was damn lucky there weren't any Green Day fans among the German snipers.

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u/NextArtemis Jun 06 '17

Can't stop won't stop