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• [War fact 1] Despite being seriously ill at the siege of Acre in the Third Crusade, Richard I, better known as Richard the Lionheart, had his men carry him on a stretcher on the front lines so he could shoot enemies on the walls of the city with his crossbow.

  Monarch, Warsource

• [War fact 2] During the Vietnam War over 800 murders or attempted murders of superior officers by enlisted soldiers were investigated. The term 'fragging' was coined due to the popular use of fragmentation grenades to commit the murders.

  Death, Military, Warsource

• [War fact 3] An Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer, who fought in World War II, Hiroo Onoda never surrendered in 1945. Until 1974, for almost 30 years, he held his position in the Philippines. His former commander traveled from Japan to personally issue orders relieving him from duty in 1974.

  Military, People, Places, Warsource

• [War fact 4] Australia committed genocide against the Aboriginal, native people from 1910-1970 in an effort to create a “white Australia.”

  Countries, Warsource

• [War fact 5] King Pyrrhus of Epirus died in 272 B.C. while fighting an enemy soldier in the streets of Sparta. The soldier's mother, who was watching their battle from a rooftop, threw a tile that hit Pyrrhus in the head and paralyzed him, allowing the soldier to finish him.

  Death, Monarch, Warsource

• [War fact 6] In 216 B.C during the Battle of Silva Litana, the Germanic Boii cut the trees in surrounding forests in such a way that they could fall down with the force of a simple push. Following this they waited and ultimately crushed the approaching Roman column, and destroyed their army of 30,000.

  History, Warsource

• [War fact 7] Polish exiles were not only the best-performing RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain but also very successful with women; "they always have a girl on each arm. They say the girls cannot resist the Poles, nor the Poles the girls".

  Military, People, Warsource

• [War fact 8] The United States contains almost a quarter of the world's population. However, the US only contains about 5% of the world's prison population.

  History, Prison, War

• [War fact 9] David Niven was the only British star in Hollywood to enlist during World War 2. When suspicious American guards asked during the Battle of the Bulge who had won the World Series in 1943, he answered “Haven’t the foggiest idea ... but I did co-star with Ginger Rogers in ‘Bachelor Mother’!”

  Actors, Sports, Warsource

• [War fact 10] While a 20-year-old Rod Serling was serving in World War 2, he saw his best friend get killed by a falling crate of food. Seeing the unpredictability and irony of life and death, he would later use that experience to create, ‘The Twilight Zone.’

  Television, Warsource

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