Otto Kretschmer

One of cult classic of early Polish Youtube, I remember watching that in August 2007 when I was about to go to middle school lol. A Tibia (a MMORPG game super popular in Poland at that time) pro with an altair who supposedly prays to Game Master for levels and skills. It's satire mocking the players of that particular game but still funny if you understand Polish. I still undersand all the words related to Tibia gameplay that he uses. Why am I so big on nostalgic stuff lately? 🤔

Tasting History with Max Miller - a BRILLIANT food history channel, though the sentence: "Balmoral, where the Queen is as we speak" became outdated very quickly after the release of that particular video.

Well, actually it doesn't technically count as purring since big cats of the genus Panthera can only do it on the exhale. 😛

@MigL What about larger ones?

Rulers of the world? I knew those pesky felines are up to something...

So, was it refered to as "Red Army"? That name was officially abolished shortly after ww2, in the same wave of reforms in which People's Commisariats became Ministries.

Technically that's true - the name "Red Army" stopped being used in 1946 but I guess it's still used informally by people who aren't super pedantic about names. xD

Gentlemen and gentlewomen - if possible, you shall provide a link to the video you've watched/are watching.

No explanation required I think:

Me? The unveiling of the 1st iPhone in 2007. I remember the iPhone being talked about on the radio in Poland in June 2007 when I was 13. Literal hsitory being made there:

Today I learned that people in the past used to believe that vaccines will turn them into cows: NPRA Cow Head Will Not Erupt From Your Body If You Get A Sma...The eradication of smallpox was arguably one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine. But people had crazy ideas about the vaccine when it was created in 1798. A new exhibit tells the story.

Socialism Betrayed, R. Keeran, T. Kenny. The next will be The Martian Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Today I learned that one could get a free computer as early as 1972: