PENETRATING FACTS ABOUT BULLETS
Added on: 1st Sep 2016
WHEN CHINA WOULD EXECUTE AN INMATE,
THE FAMILY WOULD BE INVOICED FOR
THE COST OF THE BULLET
A STANDARD LAWNMOWER BLADE CAN
LAUNCH DEBRIS AT THREE TIMES THE
SPEED OF A .357 MAGNUM
AMERICAN OUTLAWS BONNIE AND CLYDE WERE
ALLEGEDLY SHOT SO MANY TIMES THAT THEIR
BODIES WERE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO EMBALM
IN 2011, AMERICANS SPENT $4 BILLION ON
AMMUNITION. 2 YEARS LATER, IN 2013,
THAT NUMBER HAD DOUBLED TO $8 BILLION
THE RED BARON (FULL NAME – MANFRED ALBRECHT
FREIHERR VON RICHTHOFEN) WAS HIT BY A BULLET
WHILE FLYING. HE MANAGED TO SAFELY LAND HIS
PLANE BUT DIED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS
BECAUSE JFK HAD SPRAINED A MUSCLE, HE HAD
TO WEAR A BRACE THAT RESTRICTED HIS MOVEMENT.
WHEN HE WAS FIRST HIT IN THE NECK WITH OSWALD'S
BULLET, HE WASN'T ABLE TO DUCK TO AVOID
THE NEXT SHOT
SLING BULLETS FROM AROUND 40 BC HAVE BEEN
FOUND TO BE ENGRAVED WITH MESSAGES
LIKE "TAKE THIS" OR "OUCH"
IN THE EARLY 1900’S, DUELLING MADE A
COMEBACK AS A SPORT. THE CONTESTANTS
WOULD USE WAX BULLETS AND WEAR HEAVY
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. IT WAS EVEN
FEATURED DURING THE 1908 OLYMPICS
EVERY YEAR, AMERICANS BUY BETWEEN
10 AND 12 BILLION BULLETS
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