UN experts alarmed by Alabama plan to kill prisoner using untried gas method
UN experts alarmed by Alabama plan to kill prisoner using untried gas method
Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia which four UN monitors could amount to torture
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Alabama is the trailer park of the US
20 2 ReplyMobile homes legit got their names, not for their mobility, but for their production site.
Mobile, Alabama.
18 0 ReplyDo you have a source for that fun detail? Wikipedia doesn’t mention Mobile Alabama anywhere in their article on mobile homes, and I can’t find any history of a brand named Mobile Homes or any company based out of Mobile that would have caused this etymology to become the default term.
Edit: nevermind I found a valid source. Snopes has a great summary of the Alabama history.
18 0 ReplyAnd on top of that awesome bit of trivia they add this!
Trivia: The 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd hit "Sweet Home Alabama" was a reworking of a 1951 radio jingle advertising "Sweet Homes, Alabama."
Presumably connecting that song to trailer parks!
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This is the kind of cross-section of weird & informative that I'm looking for in my life.
chef's kiss 🤌
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It's one of several in the US
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