Mildly interesting

[jon-nyc]

Windfall comes from the old English custom of tenants on estates having the right to gather wood blown down by the wind.

[bachophile]

https://www.flyingmag.com/victory-verticals-a-forgotten-and-restored-piece-of-world-war-ii-history/

You may be familiar with the concept of pianos used as weapons—it happened frequently in cartoons—but did you know that Steinway & Sons, the makers of pianos since 1853, had a military contract to build pianos during World War II? And that these pianos, packed tightly in specially designed crates, were often parachuted into war zones?

[jon-nyc]

It’s possible to go south from Arkansas and get to every state it borders.

[Mik]

And regardless which state you’re going the wrong direction.

[jon-nyc]

You can also hit every state that borders NY by going south including Canada.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Mildly interesting:

And regardless which state you’re going the wrong direction.

As long as you are leaving Arkansas, it is definitely the right direction…

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

‘We believe typewriters are obsolete. Let’s prove it inside before we try and convince our customers.’

[blondie]

Ha. Around 1980 I remember a professor having me sit down with her secretary to learn to use a word processor. I’d never used anything like this before. No backspacing with correction tape. Words were justified. But it seemed slow in contrast to typing on an IBM Selectric and even the little electric typewriter I used at home. Faster than a manual though .. oh my!
I wonder how many kids today know what “cc” stands for, or have seen carbon paper?

[jon-nyc]

Anne Frank and her older sister Margot on a beach at Zandvoort, summer 1940.

[Mik]

High power Apple Ils. Ha.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]