During WW2 the weapon of choice for most US soldiers was the M1 Garand, a sturdy semi-automatic rifle capable of pumping 8 bullets into a person’s torso in half as many seconds. For some reason though, the Japanese didn’t know that American troops had such a weapon and boy did American troops take advantage of that.
Bill Beach, The Amazing(ly) Australian Rower
William “Bill” Beach is a veritable legend of Australian sport who was wholly undefeated at the sport of rowing for 3 years, despite being challenged for the title of world champion every couple of weeks. Unsurprising considering he’d been competing in and winning rowing competitions since he was a teenager. The only difference was that as a teenager, he rowed for alcohol, not money.
The Suprisingly Elaborate Origin of Mortal Kombat’s Reptile
For most people there are two characters synonymous with the game Mortal Kombat, Scorpion and his eternal, better-llooking rival, Sub-Zero. Two ninjas clad in yellow and blue respectively who’ve been the franchise’s poster boys since their appearance in the first game. The popularity of these two characters is such that few people know that the green ninja, Reptile was literally created with the intention of being cooler than them both.
Mitch Hedburg Got the Weirdest Hecklers
Hecklers, for anyone who has fortunately made it this far in life without encountering one, are dickheads who yell at comedians and performers in the middle of their set invariably because they lead an incredibly sad life. While most hecklers are content to simply yell obscenities at a performer in a tone of voice that lets everyone around know just how small their penis is, the ones Mitch Hedberg got were weirdly nice.
Sherlock Holmes Could Kick Your Ass
Thanks to shows like Sherlock, House and that show they literally only made because they couldn’t get the rights to Sherlock, the character of Sherlock Holmes has never been more popular. Although these shows are generally true to the original source material, they often, rather sadly leave out the fact that Sherlock Holmes had superhuman strength.
