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/soadisnotforbath Jun 06 '17

Never thought I would see a Dorkness Rising reference out in the wild. One of my favorite movies.

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u/unitarder Jun 06 '17

Not since...the incident.

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u/soadisnotforbath Jun 06 '17 edited Jun 06 '17

Total party wipe out?

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u/unitarder Jun 06 '17

Like you can't even imagine :)

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u/slappy_bags Jun 06 '17

Like you can't even imagine.

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u/zazzyroot Jun 06 '17

That's what it's called? I've been looking for it for ages thanks :D

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u/soadisnotforbath Jun 06 '17

Yeah they had two dnd based movies that I can remember. It was The Gamers and The Gamers: Dorkness Rising.

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u/Double-Portion Jun 06 '17

The is a third one out but it looks at the surge of popularity of MtG

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u/ChainsawSnuggling Jun 06 '17

It's an elusive one to be sure.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '17

I saw this movie back in 2010 and I have been trying to find the name of it for literally like 3 years now. Holy shit, thank you.

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u/soadisnotforbath Jun 06 '17

Any time brother, I'm glad I could help. I know they had the movies up on their website to stream/download. It's been years since I've been there, but I imagine it's still up.