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TIL that the Russian military has a sledgehammer in case the safe with the nuclear launch codes in it doesn’t open

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xvZg TIL that Thor’s hammer was intended to have a much longer handle and be wielded two-handed. While it was being forged, Loki interrupted the dwarf manning the bellows, resulting in the hammer’s defect.
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