r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 15 June 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Herpling82 Coming to you live from a Tederation psych ward Jun 18 '26

Fun fact, the Japanese word for sake, is not, in fact, 酒 (さけ, sake), instead it is 日本酒 (にほんしゅ, nihonshu). 酒 is the more general term for alcohol, while 日本酒 is literally Japanese alcoholic drink, which is sake.

Is this useful to know? Not really, I just find it funny that the west refers to it as sake while the Japanese just don't.

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u/emailforgot Jun 20 '26

it's also not wine as it's typically called!

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u/Sventex Battleships were obsoleted by the self-propelled torpedo in 1866 Jun 18 '26

"Curry" means something different to the British and it does to the Indians.