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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

To get back to the actual topic on the post...

I have visited Kyoto and am very happy it was spared.

It is a stunning city and if you only have a short time in Japan (and are interested in history etc) I would definitely say visit Kyoto over Tokyo.

[-] Eggyhead@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Too bad he couldn’t have vacationed in Nagasaki and Hiroshima as well…

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

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

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

No, the post is linking to a picture.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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?

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

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

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

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

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

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