21 of the Wildest Facts About World War II
A Finnish soldier was high for two weeks straight
It’s hard to overestimate the impact of World War II on everything that came after it. Remember how COVID seemed to change our whole lives as we knew them? Well, that was only four years ago, and most of us have already pretty much gone back to normal. World War II lasted six years. It was also, you know, a war. So just about everything weird about the second half of the 20th century can probably be traced back to World War II.
It turns out there was plenty of weirdness going on in the thick of it, too. From unlikely coincidences, to absurd battle tactics, to chilling artifacts, to the unlikely inspiration for James Bond, when user alfawolfvii asked r/AskReddit, “What are some crazy WWII facts you know?” there was no shortage of them.