TIL about the "Dorset Biological Warfare Experiments" which involved spraying South Dorset (UK) with various chemicals and bacteria, without the knowledge or consent of the inhabitants. The experiments took place in the 60's and 70's to see how much spread could occur from one aircraft. Answer: lots
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Call the Church Police!
Everything to do with Monty Python.
Vintage: The PolyBellend 800 beard powered synth
If your gear isn't at least thirty years old and worth more than two healthy kidneys, you aren't making real music.
Tickets for the Titanic - is it available anywhere? (C4 1987/1988)
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Flashback to a simpler time
NetBSD on a JavaStation - vintage SPARC brought back to life
Vintage Software & Hardware information and stories. A blast from the past.
In 1969 the British government deliberately fed radioactive flatbread to Indian women in Coventry, without their consent, as part of an experiment.
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BBC "Did You See" review of the TV version of HHGTTG. With Patrick Moore! (sorry if this is a repost)
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy — not an Earth book, never published on Earth, and until the terrible catastrophe occurred, never seen or heard of by any Earthman. Nevertheless, a wholly remarkable book. in fact it was probably the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing houses of Ursa Minor — of which no Earthman had ever heard either.
Peace of mind I'm sure, especially if you have elderly relatives
A subreddit for fans of Steve Coogan's character, the Norwich-based broadcaster and raconteur Alan Partridge, with a limited remit for other Coogan work.
I'm trying to pay you r/apple - how can you not even get that bit right?
Everything's Bollocks and Nothing Fucking Works. Documenting the general poorly-functioning uselessness of modern life.
Nine SEPTA Board members use the system less than once per month, on average
News and happenings in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Nine SEPTA Board members use the system less than once per month, on average
News and happenings in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He spelled Aha wrong
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But I thought Donald loved "the blacks"
Screenshots of Black people being hilarious or insightful on social media, it doesn't need to just be twitter but obviously that is best.
What it is like to not be MAGA at a Trump rally.
Its a world where stupid people reproduce more often than the intelligent ones, leading to "a dumbing down" of the population. Intellectual curiosity and social responsibility are mocked, society is consumed by cheap entertainment and commercialism, and the government makes its decisions in the best interests of big corporations. This subreddit is devoted to the film *Idiocracy* and to documenting the evolution of modern society predicted by it.
Android studio decumentation
Everything's Bollocks and Nothing Fucking Works. Documenting the general poorly-functioning uselessness of modern life.
New Reddit front page
Everything's Bollocks and Nothing Fucking Works. Documenting the general poorly-functioning uselessness of modern life.
Quantum stock levels
Everything's Bollocks and Nothing Fucking Works. Documenting the general poorly-functioning uselessness of modern life.
Rite-aid and viruses
Everything's Bollocks and Nothing Fucking Works. Documenting the general poorly-functioning uselessness of modern life.
TIL Fred Perry stopped selling their classic black/yellow shirts in the US back in 2020 because they were becoming associated with neo-nazis.
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A rarity for you, you lucky people: Rik and Ade as Customs and Excise
EddieandRichie is a subreddit dedicated to the genius that is Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall, writers and performers of some of the finest, puerile, slapstick British comedy ever! Their most well known show, Bottom, was a British sitcom television series that originally aired on BBC2 between 1991 and 1995. It also spawned 5 live shows that toured the country to sell-out audiences
[1987] Tickets for the Titanic - Channel 4 anthology. Does anyone have it?
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Can't get this image out of my head every time Prime forces Reacher ads on me. Sorry.
Its a world where stupid people reproduce more often than the intelligent ones, leading to "a dumbing down" of the population. Intellectual curiosity and social responsibility are mocked, society is consumed by cheap entertainment and commercialism, and the government makes its decisions in the best interests of big corporations. This subreddit is devoted to the film *Idiocracy* and to documenting the evolution of modern society predicted by it.