# This thread freaked me out.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-freaked-me-out/193606>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 7, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-freaked-me-out/193606 "2003-08-07T16:04:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gjorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@Gjorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gjorp)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-freaked-me-out/193606/1 "2003-08-07T16:04:25Z")

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I was just lurking around GD when I came across [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202713) thread. The OP mentions that today is the 58th anniversary of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima.

I misread the OP and his link to mean that a _new_ bomb _yesterday_.

I immediately checked snopes to see if it really happened. They said nothing. I then looked at the headlines of different news sites to see what they had on this bombing. I was amazed that this none of them thought that this was headline news.

Anyway, I looked more closely at the OP’s link and looked right at the top of the page, where it said _On This Day_. Oh well.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-freaked-me-out/193606/2 "2003-08-09T02:55:15Z")

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Uh…You didn’t notice where it said “President **Truman** ”?