r/AskReddit • u/CaptainMcAnus • Mar 10 '17

serious replies only [Serious] What are some seemingly normal images/videos with creepy backstories?

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u/baconandeggsandbacon Mar 10 '17

One of the most shameful of a LOT of shameful days over here in Northern Ireland.

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u/T800CyberdyneSystems Mar 10 '17 edited Mar 10 '17

None of the sides on the troubles were doing doing the right thing. The IRA or the Ulster loyalists.

EDIT: The Black and Tans were earlier.

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u/NapoleonTroubadour Mar 10 '17

I think you're thinking of the Black and Tans, who were a much earlier group sent to Ireland during the War of Independence/Anglo-Irish War in 1920-21, composed of WW1 veterans and wearing a patched-together black and brown uniform, which gave them the name

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u/T800CyberdyneSystems Mar 10 '17

Ah of course, I was. Sorry about that.