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HistoryPhotos is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago
[–] DeepDown@leminal.space 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I forgot I was really obsessed with these planes as a kid. Where did that interest go?

[–] aGlassDarkly@piefed.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Into your next hyper-fixation, of course.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Uuuuh! What is it? I need a new one!

Roadside Research is pretty fun and only $13 due to early access. You play as an alien that is running a gas station.

[–] BuccaneerScientist@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Is it shooting lasers? I thought laser weapons weren't invented before 1977?

[–] clockworkrat@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

Tracer rounds? Not sure they were doing particularly high speed photography with this image.

I just DuckDuckGo'ed it. Turns out the laser was actually invented in 1960 it was just considered a useless invention until Star Wars proved it could be uses for weapons.

My birth was a byproduct of that, rumor has it.

Tracers that point both ways.

It’s the heat…

That was a fascinating article. I had never heard of these planes and their role in WWII before.