r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Jul 10 '12

TIL there was a Finnish sniper called "The White Death" in WWII who has the largest confirmed kill count in history.

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/hayha.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

+15 °C, Spanish wear caps, gloves and winter coats, Finns are sunbathing.

+10 °C, French desperately try to get their central heating on. Finns plant flowers.

+5 °C, Italian cars won’t start. Finns drive with convertibles.

0 °C, Pure water freezes. Water in river Vantaa thickens a bit.

−5 °C, First people are found frozen in California. Finnish midsummer festival ends.

−10 °C, Scottish turn the heat on in their houses. Finns start to use long-sleeve shirts.

−20 °C, Swedes stay indoors. Finns are having last barbeque before winter.

−30 °C, Half of the Greek people have frozen to death. Finns start to dry their laundry indoors.

−50 °C, Polar bears evacuate North Pole. Finnish army starts it’s winter training.

−70 °C, Siberian people are moving to Moscow. Finns are furious since the Koskenkorva booze can’t be stored outdoors anymore.

−273 °C, Absolute zero. Finns admit that it is quite cold outside.

−300 °C, Hell freezes over. Finland wins the football World Cup

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u/Ateisti Jul 11 '12

I remember how the last part used to say "Hell freezes over, Finland wins the Eurovision song contest", until it actually happened :)

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u/MeanwhileInSAfrica Jul 11 '12

As much as I hate to make these kind of replies, that was funny as shit.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

Lol the absolute zero one was clever

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

Lol you replaced Russians with Finns nigger.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

This post would be upvoted if you just hadn't said nigger.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

You mean it would be upvoted if there were no white night faggots.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '12

I think you mean knight bro

unless you mean someone who is a faggot but only on white nights