For ultimate altitude shithousery, see Bolivia.
They fell to 115 in FIFA in the early 2010s, so built a completely unnecessary stadium at a staggering 4088m and made it the national stadium (despite being smaller than the existing one).
Opponents need oxygen masks at half time.
The United States celebrates its Bicentennial, in recognition of the 200th anniversary of the nation’s independence from the United Kingdom.
In New York City, “tall ships” of the navies of the world sail down the Hudson River as British guided missile destroyer HMS London salutes them all.
A massive parade in Washington, DC is led by Johnny Cash.
A Bicentennial Wagon train that has travelled nationwide ends up at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
It's so scary to think we have to find somewhere to store the dangerous waste like a desert or underground or something, which is a major problem unlike with fossil fuels where we safely store the waste in the atmosphere and our lungs
When I'm doing something like drinking coke, I decide to pull up my phone and read the Wikipedia article for "coke" as I'm drinking coke. I do this with basically everything I happen to be doing at the moment.
Announcer: Tonight on Columbo...
Columbo, playing paddle ball: Boy, this is terrific.
*Shot of murderer killing victim*
Columbo, pointing at pistachios: Can I have these?
*Murderer disposing of body*
Columbo: Umm, sir, we may have found a witness.
*Santa Claus walks in*
Don Draper listens to the original North American release Revolver which doesn’t have And Your Bird Can Sing. The whole show would’ve ended differently if he listened to And Your Bird Can Sing.
The city of Pocatello, Idaho adopts a flag for the first time.
The North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) lodges a formal protest against the atrocity.
it’s so funny the degree to which Phil Spector ruined The Long and Winding Road. the song as actually performed by the band is gorgeous and then you hear the version on the album and it sounds like horrible gloop
KISSINGER: Mr. President, I am told there is a, uh, situation with Mrs. Nixon-
NIXON: That’s exactly what I wanted to discuss, Henry. Bob, close the- is that closed?
HALDEMAN: It’s closed, sir.
NIXON: Pat came in here, Henry. She came in here at…what was it, Bob, four in the morning?
HALDEMAN: Approximately 3:40, Mr. President.
NIXON: 3:40. And she sees me, she sees the President of the United States, the man who opened China, Henry - the man who opened China - and I’m at the Pong console, I’ve got my score going, I’m at…I was at fourteen, Henry, fourteen against the machine, which has never been done-
KISSINGER: A historic achievement, Mr. President.
NIXON: -and she stands there. She stands there in her robe, the pink one, and she says…Bob, what did she say?
HALDEMAN: She said the office smelled, sir.
NIXON: She said it reeked, Bob. That was the word. Reeked. Of an American snack food, Henry. Of a, of a product made by hardworking Americans in- where do they make Doritos, Bob?
HALDEMAN: I believe Texas, sir. Frito-Lay.
NIXON: Texas! Texas, Henry! Connally country! And my own wife is standing there bitching at me about a Texas product. The disloyalty, Henry. The sheer-
[UNKNOWN SOUND ON RECORDING, POSSIBLY CRUNCHING]
NIXON: the sheer [EXPLETIVE] disloyalty of it.
KISSINGER: Mr. President, perhaps Mrs. Nixon is concerned about-
NIXON: She said I looked like a shut-in, Henry. A shut-in. To the President. She said the orange, the, ah, orange residue, on my fingers, she said it was on the, the Treaty papers. The SALT papers, Henry. She said I’d got Dorito dust on the SALT papers.
[ELEVEN SECONDS OF SILENCE]
KISSINGER: That is, uh, unfortunate, Mr. President.
NIXON: Was it on the papers, Bob?
[FOUR SECONDS OF SILENCE]
HALDEMAN: There was some discoloration, sir.
alright i’m muting this i don’t wanna deep dive into star wars lore; i’ve got other stuff to do
anyway the sequel trilogy should’ve opened with them dropping a moon on chewbacca & just absolutely obliterating him unceremoniously