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[โ€“] Hhffggshn@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kissinger received a fucking Nobel Peace Prize.

It was one of the defining moments of my childhood that turned me into a radical.

[โ€“] rmuk@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jason Steele (of Charlie the Unicorn fame) used to do a show called Vulo Lives which has a recurring game called Guess That War Criminal. The hint was always that they were also a Nobel Peace Prize winner. There were... quite a few of them.

Honestly, they're all brilliant but the Grimace and Picachu episodes in particular are amazing:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI6HmVcz0NXoYFk41DycPJX3vttujU2G1

[โ€“] Rinnarrae@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

And I bet Alfred Nobel is still rolling in his grave for that considering the whole reason he proposed the Nobel Prizes.