The U.S. Army designed the T-13 “beano” grenade to...

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The U.S. Army designed the T-13 “beano” grenade to be similar in shape and weight to a baseball in order to leverage soldiers’ skills in the sport.  However, there were problems with the grenade’s fuze design and the weapon was eventually scrapped after WWII ended. - WTF Fun Facts

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