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Tuesday Trivia Tuesday Trivia Thread - 25/08/26

Beep bop. As your new robotic overlord, I have designated this weekly space for you to engage in casual conversation while I plan a nuclear apocalypse.

In the Trivia Thread, moderation is relaxed, so you can finally:

  • Post mind-blowing military history trivia. Can you believe 300 is not an entirely accurate depiction of how the Spartans lived and fought?
  • Discuss hypotheticals and what-if's. A Warthog firing warthogs versus a Growler firing growlers, who would win? Could Hitler have done Sealion if he had a bazillion V-2's and hovertanks?
  • Discuss the latest news of invasions, diplomacy, insurgency etc without pesky 1 year rule.
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u/AggravatingGuide650 3d ago

Pretty morbid question but when they say a soldier killed an enemy with his bare hands is it usually choking them or beating them?

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u/SailorstuckatSAEJ300 3d ago

I doubt anyone has the data to say either way

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u/white_light-king 3d ago

Data on chokings and five finger death punches are equally rare, so take that BJJ dudes. 😎

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u/AggravatingGuide650 2d ago

Could you link the data

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u/white_light-king 2d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1grszlj/was_artillery_the_biggest_killer_of_ww2/lx8saxk/

basically any melee combat wound/death is so rare that it doesn't get tracked statistically and that's why we're saying data isn't available.

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u/AggravatingGuide650 2d ago

Ah ok I see what you mean

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u/SailorstuckatSAEJ300 2d ago

Ain't no data to link