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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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, thanks for the clarification!