I will be giving away one free copy of Nebraska!

Pre-2001 flag of Rwanda spotted in the wild

The Moon, Lichfield Cathedral

Rule

Radio DJs who think they’re far funnier than they actually are.

TIL that the first documented mention of adults playing cricket came from 1611, when two men were fined 12d each for failing to attend church on Easter Sunday because they were playing cricket.

Mythical Beasts of Great Britain

TIL the first conviction in England for the offence of Outraging Public Decency concerned Sir Charles Sedley urinating on a crowd from a balcony in London's Covent Garden.

EU4 start date tier list

Historians should not be allowed to name events

Simple/Short/Silly Questions Saturday, May 08, 2021

British Transport Police Emergency Response Volvo FL JDC

Hint Hint

It’s a bad habit

British flags family tree

[VG] Ståle Solbakken [Norwegian NT manager]: "In the past few years Juventus has been knocked out by Lyon, Porto and Ajax. Why the fuck do they want to be in that competition. Spurs and Arsenal aren't even top 20 teams in Europe at the moment"

TIL about the leader of the Tijuana Drug Cartel, Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, who was assassinated by a man dressed as a clown.

Why can I do about anti-social behaviour?

TIL Anglo-saxon king "Æthelred the Unready" is a pun. His epithet is derived from "unræd", which means "poorly-advised", while Æthelred's name means "well-advised". He was therefore "Well-advised The Poorly-advised".

TIL that in 1910 there was a "Hippo Bill" which would introduce Hippos into the wetlands of Louisiana to combat invasive water hyacinth and provide meet. It was supported by the Teddy Roosevelt, the USDA, and the "lake cow bacon" was championed in major newspapers It fell just short of passing

Dutch resistance fighter attacks a German Panzer tank (Amsterdam, 1943)

Flag of the Tuscan Committee of National Liberation (CTLN) 1943-1946

Huzzah for King George!

The little Duchy that could

No fun in the New World