PIERCING FACTS ABOUT BULLETS

IN 1864, ABRAHAM LINCOLN LOST HIS HAT

WHEN HIS HORSE STARTED ALL OF A SUDDEN.

IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT HIS HAT

HAD A BULLET HOLE THROUGH IT AND THAT

LINCOLN HAD SURVIVED AN ATTEMPTED

ASSASSINATION

IN 2007, A MAN IN FLORIDA WOKE UP WITH A

BAD HEADACHE. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL

WHERE DOCTORS FOUND A BULLET IN HIS BRAIN.

HIS WIFE LATER ADMITTED TO HAVING

ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIM

SNIPER BULLETS CAN HIT TARGETS SO FAR

AWAY THAT THE SNIPER NEEDS TO TAKE THE

SPIN OF THE EARTH INTO ACCOUNT (CORIOLIS DRIFT)

W.V MEADOWS FROM WEST POINT, GEORGIA

WAS SHOT IN THE EYE DURING THE AMERICAN

CIVIL WAR. HE COUGHED THE BULLET UP

NEARLY 60 YEARS LATER

TAMPONS HAVE BEEN USED AS MEDICAL DEVICES

SINCE THE 1700’S WHEN THEY WERE USED

DURING BATTLE TO STOP BLEEDING FROM

BULLET WOUNDS

WHEN TSAR NICHOLAS II'S FAMILY WAS EXECUTED,

HIS DAUGHTERS HAD CLOTHING LACED WITH

DIAMONDS THAT SERVED TO PROTECT THEM

SLIGHTLY. THEREFORE, THEY DIDN'T DIE RIGHT

AWAY AND WERE THEN BAYONETED

IN 2008, THE CELEBRITY CHEF PAUL PRUDHOMME

WAS GRAZED BY A STRAY BULLET. HE LATER SAID

HE THOUGHT HE GOT STUNG BY A BEE AND

CONTINUED COOKING. IT TURNED OUT THAT THE

BULLET HAD FALLEN FROM THE SKY

IN 2009, BRITISH SOLDIER CRAIG HARRISON MADE IT

INTO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS

FOR THE LONGEST SNIPER SHOT AT 2,475 METRES

WHILE HE WAS IN AFGHANISTAN. IT TOOK THE

BULLET 6 SECONDS TO REACH ITS TARGET