Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL the word shrapnel came from Lieutenant-General Henry Shrapnel, a British officer who invented a shell that scattered pieces of itself.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1314
arrow-up1314external-linkTIL the word shrapnel came from Lieutenant-General Henry Shrapnel, a British officer who invented a shell that scattered pieces of itself.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareAeronMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoHenry Shrapnel, who was good friends with John Grenade.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoYou mean Hans Grenade, and they were on opposite sides of the trenches.
minus-squareBehindetheClouds@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoHe changed his name after the war to sound less German.
Henry Shrapnel, who was good friends with John Grenade.
You mean Hans Grenade, and they were on opposite sides of the trenches.
He changed his name after the war to sound less German.