TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat ridiculous history fact is your favorite?message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat ridiculous history fact is your favorite?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squareThavron@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago“Mad” Jack Churchill, who fought in the Second World War with a longbow, a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword, and a set of bagpipes.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAnd after the war he went on to become an early pioneer in surfing!
minus-squareFippleStone@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAllegedly German soldiers said that they didn’t shoot him because they assumed he’d lost his mind, and took pity on him
minus-squareRandom Dent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe only confirmed bow and arrow kill of WW2!
“Mad” Jack Churchill, who fought in the Second World War with a longbow, a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword, and a set of bagpipes.
And after the war he went on to become an early pioneer in surfing!
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Allegedly German soldiers said that they didn’t shoot him because they assumed he’d lost his mind, and took pity on him
The only confirmed bow and arrow kill of WW2!