A random thread of absolute randomness...

[kejedo]

"Drinking the Kool aid, although associated with the Jonestown murder-suicides, actually originated in the Tom Wolfe book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" about Ken Kesey and the "Merry Pranksters". Jonestown actually used Flavor Aid.

[hybridxer0]

35 minutes ago, kejedo said:

"Drinking the Kool aid, although associated with the Jonestown murder-suicides, actually originated in the Tom Wolfe book "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" about Ken Kesey and the "Merry Pranksters". Jonestown actually used Flavor Aid.

ah, the inferior product, lol -- I would always hate when my parents got FA instead of KA. As an adult, I can appreciate my parents trying to find cost-effective ways to make sure we didn't "miss out", but at the time it felt like a betrayal getting Peter Pan peanut butter instead of JIF 😄 

[kejedo]

In April 1969,North Korea shot down a US spy plane. An enraged Nixon allegedly ordered a tactical nuclear strike and told the joint chiefs to recommend targets. Henry Kissinger spoke to military commanders on the phone and agreed not to do anything until Nixon sobered up in the morning.

 

 

[kejedo]

 In the 1980s, NASA had a 1-900 number which charged $2 for the first minute and $.45 for each additional minute. It allowed callers to listen in on a mission status report and mid-flight press conferences, and thousands of them heard the Challenger explosion in real-time. January 28, 1986.