Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 05, 2016

Well, that 40 grand went down the toilet.

Mongolia is NOT in China!!!!! It’s a separate country, bordering China!!!!!

Maybe the city of San Antonio should buy the Cambodian Royal Flush. They’re planning in spending $100 K for a downtown public toilet. They could have it shipped and installed and still save money.

That bathroom must be the cleanest and nicest one ever.

In the early 20th century most American boys played with baseballs. As a result they could throw these hand grenades farther and more accurately than soldiers in any other army.

The grenade thing is not real. The standard MkII grenade used through WWII was the pineapple style, a post WWI model that was replaced in the late 40s/early 50s by the Mk 26. And this one wasn’t spherical either. Ten years later the Mk 33 showed up and that was the first thing resembling a sphere but not like the one in the drawing. And no grenade in use by the US Army was ever light as a baseball. A regulation baseball is 5 to 5 1/4 ounces and a grenade is at least 12 ounces.

Just kidding!

Only the experimental Beano grenades were 5 oz. Before they were put into use they were 12 oz. So the ‘Believe It or Not’ is actually not to be believed.

That is not a WWII hand grenade BTW. The model depicted came much later so the whole part is BS because the WWII hand grenade was dubbed a “pineapple”.

‘the same of’???

Guys, this isn’t claiming to talk about standard-issue grenades. I read elsewhere about a baseball-style grenade designed not just to be thrown easily but to be triggered by the throw and explode upon impact, thereby eliminating soldiers’ main complaints about awkward grenades. Why didn’t it take off? Because a giddy demonstrator foolishly tossed it to himself.

Off the fantail we threw training low charge grenades that were heavier than baseballs. They still looked like Ashcans ( Depth charges ) when they exploded on the ships wake. We also expended ammunition with our machine guns. This was back in the 50’s when we still would run to protect Americans in peril anywhere. Nobody dare mess with us back then!

A dummy pineapple grenade I have weighs a bit over 16 ounces.

Of course they modeled the size of a grenade after a baseball. If they modeled it after a football the average soldier could carry two at a time, at most!

“Baseball grenades” were in use in Vietnam, but not WWll. You did throw them like a baseball although they were heavier.