7 Facts About Hamsters

Hamsters are stout-bodied, omnivorous and cute-butt rodents with much more to them than just running on their wheels or being experimented on in scientific laboratories. The following are some facts about these much-in-demand and adorable rodent pets. The discovery of the first ‘one of a kind’ pet Even though all of them look similar, there […]

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The Jerrycan is named for the ‘Jerries’, which was British slang…

Wehrmacht-Einheitskanister von 1941, Hersteller NIRONAThe Jerrycan is named for the ‘Jerries’, which was British slang for ‘Germans’ during WW2. Captured Jerrycans were coveted by British soldiers, as they were superior to the leaky and unreliable British models. Jerrycans were so superior to previous designs that the British North Africa campaign was hindered by their inferior version, known as “flimsies”. The Allied forces reverse engineered the jerrycan to replace their ‘flimsies’.