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TowinKarz said:
Despite it being daytime and in a room with large windows, everyone present testified they saw a bright blue flash and felt the heat as the core went critical, again.
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As I once mentioned in the Fun Facts! Thread, the bright flash that one sees when radioactive material goes critical is invisible to cameras.
The reason being that the flash isn't light emitted by the core itself, it's actually cherenkov radiation that emits from inside your eyeballs.
 
RomanesEuntDomus said:
The reason being that the flash isn't light emitted by the core itself, it's actually cherenkov radiation that emits from inside your eyeballs.
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Ionizing radiation can also just directly trigger your optic nerve, and in that case, you aren't actually seeing anything. That's just your optic nerve firing (and probably frying too). When you get a massive fatal dose of radiation, you also often immediately feel a sour taste in your mouth and vomit. I'm not sure if they know exactly why that happens but if it does you're probably going to die horribly in the near future.
 
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Carlos Hathcock, easily one of the most storied and badass snipers in the USMC. Nicknamed "White Father" by the VC because he always wore a white feather in his cap, he was feared by any gook Commie within 1,000 miles of his location. They put out a bounty on him cause he was so fucking good at killing them and other snipers began wearing white feathers in their caps to throw off any potential bounty hunting snipers from the VC, bounties placed on dead American snipers usually paid between $8 and $2,000 but Hathcock was special, he pissed off the VC so much they placed a $30,000 bounty on his head. He had 93 confirmed kills by third party military personnel, Carlos himself believed he killed between 300-400 VC.

One of his most legendary kills included shooting an enemy VC sniper who had been hunting him by shooting him down his scope, bullet went through his eye and sent him to hell. The sniper was nicknamed Cobra by the American forces and he already killed several USMC snipers before confronting Hathcock, Hathcock and his spotter John Burke believed he was likely specifically sent to hunt and kill Hathcock. Near Hill 55 was where the encounter took place, Hathcock spotted a glint from Cobra's scope caused by the sunlight, he fired instantly. They went to his body and saw the bullet went directly through his scope and into his eye killing him instantly. They determined the only way this could've been possible was because Cobra and Hathcock were literally aimed at each other, if they had fired at the same time it's likely they would've both died but Hathcock was faster on the trigger.

He survived Vietnam and passed away in 1999 at the age of 56 from complications of multiple sclerosis. Before his death he went on to teach to police department snipers and even gave pointers to the famous SEAL Team Six. He also helped found the Marine Corps Scout Sniper School in Quantico, Virginia. A gun was named after him as well, the M25 White Feather.
 
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South Korean actor Shin Seong-il and a Goldstar box (presumably around 1966)
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Shin Seong-il was not only one of, but THE most prolific male actor in South Korea during the 60s and 70s. Throughout his long career, he appeared in over 500 films (and had signed up for a new film role as late as 2018, but sadly, he died that year).
 
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August 18 1976. The Korean Axe Murder Incident.

The above picture is actually of what it caused, "Operation Paul Bunyan"

A group of RoK and US soldiers at the DMZ were ordered to prune a tree (pictured here). The North Korean garrison nearby watched for 15 minutes before their commander, nicknamed "Lt. Bulldog" by the US troops because he would constantly and angrily confront anyone who entered the area) came out and demanded the US and RoK solider stop, because, and I quote "because Kim Il-Sung personally planted it and nourished it and it's growing under his supervision."

The Rok and US forces ignored the demand, so Lt. Bulldog sent a runner, and then 20 North Korean soldiers arrived with crow bars and began beating the mostly unarmed US and Korean soldiers, eventually murdering 2 Americans with their own axes, including the captain that had taken the part out to begin with.

This directly led to "Operation Paul Bunyan" wherein US, as ordered directly by then President Jimmy Carter, removed the tree to nothing but a 6 foot stump, ordered left to serve as a monument. In that tree trimming, over 2 dozen US aircraft and helicopters circled the area, so the machine gun position set up by the North Koreans immediately after the incident covering the position would know better than to open fire. It went off without a hitch, as over 40 Nork troops watched the US soldiers trim the tree, while South Korean soldiers graffitti'd the the North Korean guardposts that had been abandoned when the airplanes showed
 
They also had B52s overhead flying with a full payload, and pretty much the entire force on the DMZ was mobilized. The second group of troops sent out to cut was filled with RoK and US special forces.
 
Pop-Tart said:
They also had B52s overhead flying with a full payload, and pretty much the entire force on the DMZ was mobilized. The second group of troops sent out to cut was filled with RoK and US special forces.
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And just to emphasize this: Full payload translates to nukes.
 
TowinKarz said:
Makes me wonder...

How many military casualties have come at axe-point? I mean, in the modern era.....
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I doubt many. I heard of one happening in Iraq early on in the war, but I feel like it was mostly just one of those kind of stories which gets told. Supposedly, a SF team clearing through one of Saddam's residences grabbed an axe mounted on the wall as decoration in order to get a door open, and an Iraq solder came running to the door after they got it open only to be killed by the breacher still holding the axe.
 
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Napoleon's return from the island of Elba, after his crushing defeat at the hands of the Sixth Coalition the former Emperor of France was exiled to the tiny island of Elba off the coast of Tuscany. After being refused a guaranteed allowance promised by the British and being separated from his wife and child who went to Austria he decided "Fuck this" and left and returned to France.

After returning, French forces were sent to arrest him he rode out alone on horseback toward them and after entering range of their guns he is reported to have said "Here I am. Kill your Emperor, if you wish." The soldiers turned from hostile to friendly very shortly afterwards and would join their Emperor and returning to Paris and driving off the Bourbon king Louis XVIII but it wasn't meant to last. Coalition forces quickly regathered, defeating Napoleon and the French army again and this time Napoleon would be exiled to the island of Saint Helena, Napoleon would reside there until his death on May 5th, 1821.

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The death mask of Napoleon.

In 1840 King Louis Philippe I obtained permission from England to unearth his remains on Saint Helena and return him to France for a proper burial.

 
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It should be noted there is an insane amount of Nazi cross dressing shit. I have no idea why. Its weird.
 
Pop-Tart said:
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It should be noted there is an insane amount of Nazi cross dressing shit. I have no idea why. Its weird.
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I once read a book about a young gay Catholic man who was in a concentration camp and closeted Nazis used to make claims on him to take care of him and hook up with him, multiple times without getting caught. So this doesn't surprise me.
 
TowinKarz said:
Makes me wonder...

How many military casualties have come at axe-point? I mean, in the modern era.....
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Wouldn't be surprised if WW1 trench warfare saw use of hatchets and axes from time to time. You need to split wood for cooking fires, so an axe or hatchet will be at hand. Might make it the closest weapon to grab during a trench raid.
Other than that, maces, daggers, clubs, brass knuckles and spades were used in close combat. All quiet on the Western Front mentions spades being used to stab people under the chin, sounds like a nasty (albeit quick) way to go.
 
RomanesEuntDomus said:
Wouldn't be surprised if WW1 trench warfare saw use of hatchets and axes from time to time. You need to split wood for cooking fires, so an axe or hatchet will be at hand. Might make it the closest weapon to grab during a trench raid.
Other than that, maces, daggers, clubs, brass knuckles and spades were used in close combat. All quiet on the Western Front mentions spades being used to stab people under the chin, sounds like a nasty (albeit quick) way to go.
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Good video on the topic.
 
The combination of profound historical images next to in-joke meme trash has mesmerized me.

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This haunting photo is taken from those military tests where we sent our own troops into sites immediately after the detonation of atomic weapons. Half the time they were not equipped with proper radionuclear gear, but as far as the government is willing to let us know most of them live a normal lifespan. However, the atomic weapons used in these tests were baby nukes that tended not to scratch what the real thing could deal (on top of not wanting to poison their men, those bombs were expensive back then).

I thought the guy in the back there was lit by some kind of flash from an explosion, but now I realize he's either illuminated by headlights or a camera flash.
 
RomanesEuntDomus said:
Wouldn't be surprised if WW1 trench warfare saw use of hatchets and axes from time to time. You need to split wood for cooking fires, so an axe or hatchet will be at hand. Might make it the closest weapon to grab during a trench raid.
Other than that, maces, daggers, clubs, brass knuckles and spades were used in close combat. All quiet on the Western Front mentions spades being used to stab people under the chin, sounds like a nasty (albeit quick) way to go.
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Navy offical logistics order system has 3 different tomahawks in it. And I'm not talking cruise missiles
 
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