First post ever

This is World of the Unusual, a blog showing how random the world we live in is. Unfortunately, +'s Internet is down, so this post will have to go with or without him. Anyways, what's World of the Unusual about? At least once a week or so, we will post any type of unusual thing we are able to find for that day, even though it happened a while ago. It only has to be "interesting", if you know what I mean.

So, first of all. Happy Birthday Alejandra Chow!

Now, for today's topics.

A man in Colorado robbed two 7-Elevens earlier this morning. What did he use to threaten people? A bat'leth. ... oh...wait a minute... What the hell is a bat'leth?

"The bat'leth is the Klingon longsword, designed by martial arts enthusiast and Star Trek: The Next Generation effects producer Dan Curry.^[15] The bat'leth is a curved blade with spiked protrusions and three handholds along the middle of the blade's back. In battle, the handholds are used to twirl and spin the blade rapidly."

-Wikipedia

... or otherwise known as a toy sword. At this moment I'm thinking either, " who robs someone with a toy sword?" or to make matters worse... "who gets robbed with a toy sword?"

Ok, I know what you're thinking... what about bb guns? Well, they actually look like guns, and not something I used to "defeat the tyrant Molor, and reunite the Klingon Homeworld."


One interesting fact that happened on February 4th, 1703.

In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commited seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-Seven_Ronin

First of all, they should have avenged their master in a more discreet manner. I think that there was only one smart person in that group because I don't think suicide is a gratifying reward for someone, even regarding their culture and the time period.

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