Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Hey, so Tsutomu Yamaguchi is cool. Both the luckiest and unluckiest man in the world, probably. This dude survived the blasts of both the Little Boy and Fat Man - the first in Hiroshima, then the second in Nagasaki. Thats's awesome.

Imagine - "oh man, nuclear war - better get out of here!"... and then retreating to the only place about to experience comparably-bad luck, Nagasaki. Also, imagine all of that happening - and then living long after the explosions, dying in 2010 of stomach cancer, at the ripe old age of 93.

Dude probably would've appreciated being alive more than anyone, ever.

Superfortress!

Check it out: the bomber which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, was a Boeing B-29 SUPERFORTRESS. Jesus christ! What an amazing name for a thing. Boeing is one hell of a company - and despite this event being one of civilization's worst atrocities... the blow is softened (really, only slightly) knowing that it was a "Superfortress" that scorched the Hiroshima skyline.

Now for one of the most fucking chilling things I've ever heard in my life. The Hiroshima bomb, right? - the one that left approximately 140,000 people slain. Yeah, that one. Codename: "Little Boy". FUCK THAT.

The second one, dropped on Nagasaki, was codenamed "Fat Man". Scariest shit I've ever heard.

Japanese Spider Crabs

Look at the potential size of these fuckers. My god. Scary as all hell. And they're real, too. Imagine one "making its way into your room" while you're sleeping... (thanks to Mad Man Mark for the tip)

Side note - "Deep Sea Gigantism" is pretty much the coolest thing I've ever heard of. Google search that shit. Apparently there's distances in the ocean that mankind have never sent anything down to explore. Like, ever. So there's heaps of outlandish creatures down there, than can survive super, super high pressure/low temperatures. Those guys are probably badasses.

The traditional making of Katana swords

The full version of this documentary is much better, but still. "The World's Sharpest Sword" is basically the most badass claim to fame any product could ever have.



$50,000 dollars for one of these perfect swords. Almost worth it.