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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] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

No, the post is linking to a picture.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 9 months 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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months 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.