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TIL that the US considered dropping an atomic bomb on Kyoto. However, Secretary of War Henry Stimson had vacationed there and admired the city. So, he convinced President Truman to choose another targ (media.kbin.social)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Post direct links to interesting facts that you just learned about today

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, and that is what the op did...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, the post is linking to a picture.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It is a link to a wikkipedia article...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

Did you click on the thumbnail?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't know what you are seeing but I copied the link in my post from the op's text link...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know what you are seeing, but I've checked the literal json body of the post and there is no wiki link in there. Just the image link.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ok...

Then I didn't follow it to wikkipedia...

Have a nice day.

(maybe view it direct on kbin https://kbin.social/m/TodayILearned/t/680506/TIL-that-the-US-considered-dropping-an-atomic-bomb-on )

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Seems like a federation issue between kbin and feddit, looks just fine on kbin… @ernest any thoughts?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I checked the logs, it seems that @minnieo found a bug in the way she added her post ;) I'll fix it today, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hi, there is a link. this is a kbin federation issue! sorry for any confusion (￣▽￣)"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

All good. Finding a bug is a win in my book!