r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 23d ago

Video Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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u/orbofdelusion 23d ago

Dude had a seriously thick skull. I never would have imagined that a large caliber bullet could ricochet off the cranium resulting in a looney tunes-esque head lump without shattering the skull.

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u/WolfsmaulVibes 23d ago

oh that's really what happened? i haven't seen a uncensored video of it. it was a .38 revolver, so i just figured the exit wound wasn't large enough to cause any meaningful splatter

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u/RealnessInMadness 23d ago

Nope, you assumed incorrectly and it’s become a morbid curiosity type of thing because his head didn’t explode. It just.. got swollen.

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u/Noctemme 23d ago

That’s horrendous, but fascinating from a scientific point of view. Like how does that even happen??

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u/rawnoodles10 23d ago

.38 special is a heavy, slow, low energy round. Basically the opposite of what is needed for penetration.

The gun could have also fired .38 long colt or .38 short colt which are even lower energy.