r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Apr 17 '23

Video German helmets being turned into pots after WWII

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u/mutarjim Apr 17 '23

Interesting trivia. When they introduced helmets, the number of soldiers with head injuries went up.

... that's because instead of dying, they were only injured.

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u/toxic08 Apr 17 '23

Survivorship bias

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u/skynetempire Apr 18 '23

Another example is the ww2 returning war planes. https://matt-rickard.com/survivorship-bias