“A Powerful Lesson” @RJH_397 👍🏻

🧵 1/6. This is a powerful lesson…

A high school class is learning about the Salem Witch Trials. Their teacher told them they were going to play a game. 2/6. “I'm going to come around and whisper to each of you whether you're a witch or a regular person. Your goal is to build the largest group possible that does NOT have a witch in it. At the end, any group found to include a witch gets a failing grade."

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🧵 1/7. The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result. 2/7. The Warrimoo’s position was LAT 0º 31’ N and LONG 179 30’ W. The date was 31 December 1899.

“Know what this means?” First Mate Payton broke in, “We’re only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line”.

Military Humour - Navy Courage ⚓️@DrChrisParry

🧵 1/6. A Russian, an American, and a British admiral were having a drink on an American aircraft carrier. They were talking about the bravery of their sailors.

The Russian said, “I will demonstrate the bravery of our sailors.” 2/6. He calls a sailor over & says, “Jump off the ship. Swim under it & climb back up.”

The sailor promptly salutes & jumps off the flight deck, swims under the ship, climbs up the davits & stands in front of the admiral & salutes.

The Russian says, “Gentlemen, That is courage”

🧵1/11. The reason we wear a poppy; 🌺

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Aisne and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why. 2/11. The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.
Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.