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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • I dove into the Wikipedia article about handgrenades. There’s a common separation between offensive and defensive grenades. Those which cause shrapnel are usually considered defensive grenades as they’re having a larger, unforseeable area of effect and because of that you want to throw it from a defensive, covered position. But often times offensive grenades which usually cause harm only through their shockwave could easily be upgraded with a metal cover that will provide a shrapnel effect.


  • I actually heard that reasoning as well but after I read into it I came to the conclusion that this is most likely false. Roundly shaped grenades have been around for centuries and the first introduction of a pineapple-shaped grenades was by the Brits in WW1.
    Also a grenade is around three times as heavy as a baseball.
    But it makes sense that Americans were/are especially good at throwing grenades because of baseball.