There's a common misconception that Brutalist buildings were unpainted, but thanks to microscopic analysis of the exteriors we can now recreate what they looked like in their prime.
Imagine telling a Vietnam vet flying on the last chopper out of Saigon that one day the Communist General Secretary of Vietnam would be trying to persuade an American President to embrace free markets
When cartoon characters discuss numbers in base ten rather than base eight, it takes me completely out of my suspension of disbelief. Their society would not have developed that way.
Famed fighter pilot Manfred "The Red Baron" von Richthofen died when he was shot with an anti-aircraft machine gun. He could dish it out but he couldn't take it.
i’ve not known peace since learning about the time a children’s choir went on French tv in full Serge Gainsbourg drag and sang a moving rendition of “suis venu te dire que je m'en vais,” moving Gainsbourg himself to tears https://t.co/VEQ2xXOGSF