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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)
submitted 9 months ago by minnieo@kbin.social to c/TodayILearned@kbin.social
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[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 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 )

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

[-] ernest@kbin.social 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.

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