Who Knew? Some Fun Facts

When everyone was seeing the elderly Soviet dictator Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, they hadn’t any idea that they were seeing a 24-year-old guy from Dagestan.​

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The body doubles idea became successful but soon the first body double died in a bomb accident.

Then after they made sure to have multiple body doubles of Stalin.

One of his body doubles was Felix Dadaev — he had a different fate.

He remained silent and concealed the truth even from his family. As the identified body doubles of Joseph Stalin are Rashid and Dadaev. Rashid even portrayed the role of Stalin in a propaganda film.

In 2008, 88-year-old Felix Dadaev got permission from Russian President Vladimir Putin to reveal his identity, he came forward to tell his story by having written a book.

Then after he also appeared in a 2014 documentary on Stalin’s last days on German Television.
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An Italian Alpino mountain specialist ziplines from one peak to another, c. 1917.

Although ziplines might be seen as an indicative of amusement or military operations, they have been used as easy and cheap transportation method during centuries, specially on mountainous regions, such as China’s Yunnan, where even ziplines were used instead of bridges.

In Australia, for instance, they were used for delivering food, cigarettes or tools without the need of crossing valleys and rivers, something adapted in war times.
 
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U.S. soldier wearing a Brewster Body Shield, 1917.

The Brewster Body Shield, also and more accurately known as Brewster Body Armor, was the first American body armour to really be useful developed by and for the United States Army in World War I.

Essentially, it consisted of a breastplate with an attached headpiece, both able to stop machine gun bullets at an average speed of 820 m/s. The main problems were its heaviness, which was nearly 28 kg. and its discomfort for soldiers. An adapted armor of 5 kg was later created, which fit close to the body, and was considered more comfortable.
 
RadishRose said:
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U.S. soldier wearing a Brewster Body Shield, 1917.

The Brewster Body Shield, also and more accurately known as Brewster Body Armor, was the first American body armour to really be useful developed by and for the United States Army in World War I.

Essentially, it consisted of a breastplate with an attached headpiece, both able to stop machine gun bullets at an average speed of 820 m/s. The main problems were its heaviness, which was nearly 28 kg. and its discomfort for soldiers. An adapted armor of 5 kg was later created, which fit close to the body, and was considered more comfortable.
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I seem to remember there was an Australian outlaw who had designed & fabricated something like this.
 
RadishRose said:
U.S. soldier wearing a Brewster Body Shield, 1917.

The Brewster Body Shield, also and more accurately known as Brewster Body Armor, was the first American body armour to really be useful developed by and for the United States Army in World War I.

Essentially, it consisted of a breastplate with an attached headpiece, both able to stop machine gun bullets at an average speed of 820 m/s. The main problems were its heaviness, which was nearly 28 kg. and its discomfort for soldiers. An adapted armor of 5 kg was later created, which fit close to the body, and was considered more comfortable.
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I'm surprised the guy is carrying a 19th Century rifle. Maybe that was all they had on hand to show while demonstrating the armor.
 
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