PIERCING FACTS ABOUT BULLETS
Added on: 25th Nov 2016
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
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