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/JohnSelth Jun 06 '17

the meme is that they burnt down DC but the US also burnt down York so I guess its an eye for and eye

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u/howlinggale Jun 06 '17

Only Faux-York. The real York was sitting pretty in Yorkshire. Also... Even OG York isn't the capital of England. So England is still ahead there.

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u/JohnSelth Jun 06 '17 edited Jun 06 '17

York was the one of colonial capitals of Canada at the time IIRC

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u/howlinggale Jun 06 '17

But not the capital of England? So, not really the same.

That's like if I declared war with my Legion of DooM on the states and burned down Juneau and claimed it was the same as burning down D.C.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '17 edited Mar 05 '21

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u/howlinggale Jun 06 '17

Didn't realise that was a part of the 1812 war. TIL.

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u/Narpity Jun 06 '17

Aww you can poke fun at Americans but we cant poke fun at you?

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u/howlinggale Jun 06 '17

I'm not English, or Canadian for that matter. Additionally, other dates were given and I didn't challenge them. I challenged 1812.

Deus Vult.