Members of South Korea’s various special forces units are more dangerous to a human windpipe than a piece of piano wire travelling 7ft off the ground at a basketball game and possess more ways to snap your arm than a swan wearing Iron Man armor. They also know a special martial art exclusively designed (originally) to beat up North Koreans.
The GIGN Still Use Revolvers to Take Out Bad Guys
The GIGN, which in its native French stands for the “Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale” is one of the foremost and most respected special operations units in the entire world. In part, because they’re one of only such groups who still shoot bad guys with a revolver.
People Couldn’t Deal With the Fact Leonard Nimoy Wasn’t a Scientist
To most people Leonard Nimoy was Spock and the actor is said to have greatly enjoyed the impact the character had on people’s lives. One thing that always confused Nimoy though was how many seemingly smart fans assumed he had the same knowledge and skills as his character.
William Shakespeare Literally Couldn’t Spell His Own Name
It’s likely that almost everyone reading this had to study at least one of Shakespeare’s plays at school and it’s guaranteed that everyone reading this has seen at least one movie based on one. So then it may surprise you to learn that the “greatest English writer of all time” literally couldn’t spell his own fucking last name.
The Side of John McClane we Never Got to See
Fans of the Die Hard, often stylised as “DIE HARD!” because true fans know the the title of the film should always be screamed, mostly agree that the franchise jumped the shark when John McClane killed a helicopter with a car. Apparently though we were this close to seeing something almost as stupid in the third movie of the franchise, we’re talking of course about the deleted scene where John McClane kills Simon Gruber with a fucking rocket launcher.
