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Big Bertha, world's oldest cow at the time, raised $75,000 for cancer charities, 1992 (lemmy.world)
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[–] huginn@feddit.it 30 points 10 months ago

That explains a persistent mystery from my childhood: why was the cheat code "Big Bertha" the one that made the catapults all throw cows instead of rocks in Age of Empires.

Now I know.

[–] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For those curious how old, this picture seems likely to be from her 47th birthday. They were born on St. Patrick's day in 1945, and there's mention in the Wikipedia article of leading the St. Patrick day parade to aid with funding.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bertha_(cow)

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Damn cow is more useful than I am.

[–] HoustonHenry@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Having a jesus there would be too much for them to handle

[–] CheeryLBottom@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You bring us history :)

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I do my best! 🙏