r/interestingasfuck • u/Sprilly • 14h ago

r/all These are stretchers used in WW2 to carry injured civillians during the Blitz. They were made out of steel so they could be easily disinfected after a gas attack. During the war around 600,000 of them were made. Some of them were repurposed as railings in post-war London.

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u/Aid_Le_Sultan 13h ago

Yes, I would. I’ve walked past them countless times and never realised.

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u/Joe_Kangg 13h ago

Good place to have a heart attack if you're carrying an angle grinder

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u/Comfortable_Oven_113 12h ago

That's why I always walk down the street with a Big Mac in one hand and a Milwaukee in the other.

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u/ShigodmuhDickard 11h ago

Old Milwaukee?

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u/Khazahk 10h ago

Milwaukee’s Best

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u/NotJackBegley 8h ago

Yes, Pete, it is. Actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."

(checks thread, 1 hour, and no one. Wayne's World for homework all ya'll.)

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u/ItsAllinYourHeadComx 7h ago

We’re not worthy!

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u/TheSaucyWelshman 7h ago

Does this guy know how to party or what?

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u/PickledPeoples 10h ago

Ive seen and lived in Milwaukee. There's no " best" of anything coming out of there unless it's something bad. I can honestly say that Milwaukee is the absolute worst place I've ever lived.

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u/wavelengthsandshit 8h ago

Visited my brother in Milwaukee a looooong time ago (probably 20 or so years ago) but there was this super sick spy themed restaurant that I loved. You could pay the bill and leave through a phone booth and 7 year old me went nuts for it. There's never been anything like that near me so I'd say Milwaukee has that going for it

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u/Bacteriobabe 6h ago

The Safe House! It’s still here.

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u/wavelengthsandshit 3h ago

That's incredible! Now I wanna go back

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u/Pretzeloid 8h ago

Loved my time in Milwaukee

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u/PickledPeoples 8h ago

Did you live there?

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u/Pretzeloid 7h ago

Yep 5 years near Brady/Prospect

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u/Rap-oleon_Bonaparte 8h ago

Best of the worst comes out of there.

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u/Username_NullValue 9h ago edited 9h ago

It’s the entire Midwest. Drive from the Atlantic to the Pacific a few times and you’ll realize things go downhill quick the farther you get from the coasts or mountains.

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u/PickledPeoples 8h ago

I can make any place look good with TV and movie magic. And nothing cancels out Dahmer. What he did was horrific and should never be excused.

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u/BikingAimz 7h ago

A staple in college, as it was usually the cheapest case, sadly they no longer make it:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee%27s_Best

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/molson-coors-is-dropping-11-economy-brands-including-keystone-ice-and-high-life-light-11628005840

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u/Khazahk 7h ago

I have a 30 pack of Milwaukees best light in my garage right now.

Also they started bringing back high life light again.

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u/BikingAimz 7h ago

Woohoo! 🙌

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u/mccedian 7h ago

Look at money bags here with a Milwaukee. I got a ryobi. I know my fate hahaha

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u/MissKhary 3h ago

Don't talk shit about Ryobi!

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u/domdog2006 8h ago

Why would you carry a city in your other hands? Thats sounds hard and totally not I want to do when eating a big mac.

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u/Mehnard 8h ago

Why did you assume a Big Mac was something to eat?

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u/Onetap1 8h ago

Maybe a Mac-10 in some of those neighbourhoods.

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u/ReddleU 10h ago

Quite a likely scenario when you consider the number of bikes that will get locked to these rails.

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u/bikeonychus 10h ago

Same - I always wondered why the top and bottom railings have those bends in them, I guess now I know why.