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[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago

Weren't grenades originally the same size and weight as baseballs so that people would be used to throwing them?

[-] Hank@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Grenades are way older than baseball.

[-] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Americans eventually designed them thusly, because Americans like me are simple people who like baseball, cold beer, and throwing explosives at Nazis.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You should get back to your roots then, lately most of the Nazis are Americans.

[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

We are so inundated with American news that I'm not at all sure that this is true. We just don't hear about our own problems enough.

[-] Hank@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

Check out my reply to another comment itt as I did a little research on this topic.

[-] Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

And your typical American boy had more experience throwing baseballs than grenades

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