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 target. Nagasaki was chosen in its place.
Eggyhead, 
Too bad he couldn’t have vacationed in Nagasaki and Hiroshima as well…
Pons_Aelius, 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.
theKalash, Post direct links to interesting facts that you just learned about today
Pons_Aelius, Yes, and that is what the op did...
theKalash, No, the post is linking to a picture.
Pons_Aelius, 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,
Pons_Aelius, I don't know what you are seeing but I copied the link in my post from the op's text link...
theKalash, 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, 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, 
Seems like a federation issue between kbin and feddit, looks just fine on kbin… @ernest any thoughts?
ernest, 
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, 
hi, there is a link. this is a kbin federation issue! sorry for any confusion (￣▽￣)"
theKalash, All good. Finding a bug is a win in my book!
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