There’s a persistent “fact” about earthworms that if you cut them in half, each half will go on to live a relatively normal, albeit shorter (ha!) life as an entirely new worm. While this isn’t true, there is a historic example of something almost identical happening with a boat called the HMS Porcupine.
This is How You Catch an Electric Eel
Despite having the word “eel” right there in its name, the electric eel is, according to Wikipedia and scientists, technically classified as being a knife fish, which is interesting we’ll admit, but nowhere near as interesting as the way fish collectors catch these things. Before you press to read more, we’ll give you a clue, it requires horses and the ability to not care about how much of an asshole you’re going to look in 30 seconds time.
Roza Shanina, the Sniper Who Wouldn’t Leave the Front
During WW2, the ever progressive Soviet Union made the decision to begin deploying female sharpshooters across the country out of the belief women were more cunning than men and hence would be better at shooting people in the dick from 800 yards away. One of these snipers was Roza Shanina who pretty much spent the entire war ignoring every order she was ever given if it involved anything other than shooting Nazis.
Poachers Have to Hunt Hippos With Rocket Launchers
Due to their sizeable bulk and the fact they have an ass that doesn’t quit, ever, hippos are pretty much immune to bullets and are totally unphased by punches to the face, couple this with them being one of the singular most aggressive animals in all of Africa and you have an animal that you absolutely would not want to fuck with, unless you have a rocket launcher.
Master Shredder’s Design Was Based on a Cheese Grater
Lets not mince words here, Master Shredder is f*****g awesome, he’s a 7ft tall martial arts master clad in the raddest set of armor this side of the final three Star Wars movies and he was, for a time, voiced by Uncle God-damn Phil. Next to the walking power metal album cover that is Lord Zedd, Master Shredder is easily one of the coolest Saturday morning cartoon villains of all time, which only make the fact his design was partially inspired by a cheese grater all the more hilarious.
