Unclebaldrick
Well-Known Member
I think @giaou had a thread for random facts but I am too lazy to look for it,
So this thread is for random facts that you run into on a day to day basis.
My share today...
There are 2000 tons on unexploded WWII ordinance (bombs and shit) discovered in an average year in Germany. That's the equivalent of 8000 average sized bombs. Two years ago they found a 550 pounder under a former nightclub in Munich. The fuses on these things (there are many types) are becoming very brittle as was the case with this bomb in Munich. So they decided to 'splode it in situ. I I'll clip a film of it in when am on a real computer. Some of these bombs had "trick" fuses I order to blow up the German bomb squads.
It made me think of "Danger: UXB", an old BBC serial in which the Germans drop bombs on a British love triangle. Good show though.
So this thread is for random facts that you run into on a day to day basis.
My share today...
There are 2000 tons on unexploded WWII ordinance (bombs and shit) discovered in an average year in Germany. That's the equivalent of 8000 average sized bombs. Two years ago they found a 550 pounder under a former nightclub in Munich. The fuses on these things (there are many types) are becoming very brittle as was the case with this bomb in Munich. So they decided to 'splode it in situ. I I'll clip a film of it in when am on a real computer. Some of these bombs had "trick" fuses I order to blow up the German bomb squads.
It made me think of "Danger: UXB", an old BBC serial in which the Germans drop bombs on a British love triangle. Good show though.
