Interesting and informative pictures

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Surprised English Oak is as far down the list, and its certainly far harder than Ash

Lignum vitae does not get a mention, this was the traditional wood used for policemans truncheons, incredibly dense/heavy, sinks like a stone, its over double the weight of Oak, and Oak is heavy - and google tells me its Janka rating is 4800 pound foot

Some truncheons were heavier than others
When my friend became a Policeman min Grandad gave him his old truncheon - I think he had been keeping it in case I went that way but it had become clear that I wasn't

Anyway - he showed it to his colleagues and one of the older ones commented that it was suspiciously heavy.
My friend had a good look and found the "someone" had drilled a hole down the middle and filled it with lead

He never used it after that - it would have been dodgy to say the least nowadays
He did keep it for ceremonial use when necessary - apparently they had to have one when they went to court and it looked wonderful when polished

Apparently this "modification" was common in the old days

 

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A map with a difference. Titled "Empty Wales", this map depicts hundreds of yellow squares - each one representing a 1 kilometre square.
The interesting part?
Each of these squares contain not a single building inside. As incredibly eerie as it is astounding!

 

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E&OE

 

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Proof that bananas are getting smaller, it's not just rose tinted glasses.

 

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Map showing where every U-boat was sunk during WWII.

 

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