During WW2, Ernest Hemingway used his 38 ft. fishing boat named Pilar to “hunt” German U-boats in the Caribbean armed only with Thomson machine guns and hand grenades. He was given unlimited gasoline by the US government. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Lachhiman Gurung
During WW2, a Nepalese Gurkha named Lachhiman Gurung single-handedly took on a force of 200 Japanese soldiers, defending his post for 4 hours after losing his right hand to a grenade, and managed to kill at least 31 of them with his rifle. – WTF Fun Facts
the us army designed the t 13 beano grenade to
The U.S. Army designed the T-13 “beano” grenade to be similar in shape and weight to a baseball in order to leverage soldiers’ skills in the sport. However, there were problems with the grenade’s fuze design and the weapon was eventually scrapped after WWII ended..– WTF Fun Facts