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Does anyone else find themselves recalling random facts for no apparent reason? Like,

Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and lost

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[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Stanislav Petrov's name, for some weird reason. Lots of people can tell the story but just refer to him as 'a radar operator'.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

The only guy to shoot down an F-117? Lazerpig just mentioned him in a video a week ago

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You are thinking of Zoltán Dani? That is another good story. Petrov was famous for not being aggressive.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Yes, thanks for the clarification!

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