The Truth About Bonnie and Clyde that Historians Kept Quiet

The Gunfight

When the police raided the room, armed with .45 caliber Thompson's, they hadn't expected Barrow to be ahead of the game. His .30 caliber BAR allowed him and the group to escape as a bullet short-circuited the alarm on the aforementioned armored car. Luckily for the Barrow gang, police thought it was a cease-fire alarm instead, so they allowed Barrow and company to escape easily. 

Buck's Bullet

The gang was safe for now, but they knew their time was almost up. Buck had sustained a bullet wound to the skull, right through the forehead, that miraculously didn't kill him. Blanche had also been severely hurt, being blasted with glass from the shot windows and had shards and fragments in her eyes. Things were only going to get more dangerous from here...

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The More You Know

  • J.K. Rowling became the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. However, she also lost her billionaire status because she donated so much money to charity!
  • The glass winged butterfly lacks colored scales, which makes its wings transparent and helps it avoid predators.
  • The smallest bone in your body is in your ear.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.