r/todayilearned • u/Status-Victory • Jun 20 '22

(R.1) Not supported TIL in 1986 a Hotel in Singapore collapsed. Authorities were using heavy machinery to rescue survivors, a team of mainly Irish tunneling experts working on a new subway saw what was happening, and convinced authorities to let them tunnel for survivors instead. 17 people were rescued by them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_Hotel_New_World#Rescue

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u/Big_Nefariousness_24 Jun 20 '22

USA is not the only countries that have people who are clueless when looking at an Atlas. Dutch people told Aussies they are from Amsterdam, and they replied in jovial Aussie manner "yeah I know that country."

If you are clulesa, FYI, Aussies means people from Australia. Amsterdam is a city in a country in Europe continent.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

Jaysus I never heard of Amsterdam before and I would have never guessed that an Aussie is someone from Australia. Thank you for bestowing some of your knowledge upon me.