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* Two plants in the nightshade family got this after the Spanish explorations of the New World; the tomato and the potato. Both species of plant were relatively geographically isolated. The potato did not exist outside of what would be Peru and Bolivia, and the tomato was a part of the Aztec diet in Mexico. When the Conquistadores found them, they brought them to Europe, where both plants' popularity exploded. Try to imagine a world without potato chips, french fries, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, or potato cannons! The potato in particular was especially important to the industrializing Europe, as the crop's heartiness and relatively cheap price kept millions in Ireland from starving (and did starve millions when a fungus caused the Potato Famine), fed millions more throughout Europe, and was among the first crops grown in Europe's African and American colonies. It [[JustForPun grew]] so popular that the potato became a subject of intense admiration. UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette even wore a headdress made of potato flowers in appreciation of spuds everywhere. When the poster lady for the ErmineCapeEffect wears your reproductive organs as a hat, you know you've made it.
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* Two plants in the nightshade family got this after the Spanish explorations of the New World; the tomato and the potato. Both species of plant were relatively geographically isolated. The potato did not exist outside of what would be Peru and Bolivia, and the tomato was a part of the Aztec diet in Mexico. When the Conquistadores found them, they brought them to Europe, where both plants' popularity exploded. Try to imagine a world without potato chips, french fries, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, or potato cannons! The potato in particular was especially important to the industrializing Europe, as the crop's heartiness and relatively cheap price kept millions in Ireland from starving (and did starve millions when a fungus caused the Potato Famine), fed millions more throughout Europe, and was among the first crops grown in Europe's African and American colonies. It [[JustForPun grew]] "grew" so popular that the potato became a subject of intense admiration. UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette even wore a headdress made of potato flowers in appreciation of spuds everywhere. When the poster lady for the ErmineCapeEffect wears your reproductive organs as a hat, you know you've made it.
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* The [[UsefulNotes/NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration]], and America's space program overall. Constantly lagging behind the Soviets in launching the first satellite, first mammal, first man, and first woman in space; it got so desperate President Kennedy brashly declared the United States would put a man on the moon first. The first official mission in this brash project, the Apollo program, saw the deaths of three astronauts on the launchpad. From such an abysmally low point, America succeeded in launching the first humans to actually enter deep space, rather than high orbit (Apollo 8), the first docking and undocking of spacecraft in lunar orbit (Apollos 9 & 10) and the fulfilled President Kennedy's declaration of putting a man on another celestial body (Apollo 11). Such was the badass of America's program that they even pulled off the successful return of astronauts after an explosion in space (Apollo 13).
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* The [[UsefulNotes/NASA [[UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} National Aeronautics and Space Administration]], and America's space program overall. Constantly lagging behind the Soviets in launching the first satellite, first mammal, first man, and first woman in space; it got so desperate President Kennedy brashly declared the United States would put a man on the moon first. The first official mission in this brash project, the Apollo program, saw the deaths of three astronauts on the launchpad. From such an abysmally low point, America succeeded in launching the first humans to actually enter deep space, rather than high orbit (Apollo 8), the first docking and undocking of spacecraft in lunar orbit (Apollos 9 & 10) and the fulfilled President Kennedy's declaration of putting a man on another celestial body (Apollo 11). Such was the badass of America's program that they even pulled off the successful return of astronauts after an explosion in space (Apollo 13).
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* The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and America's space program overall. Constantly lagging behind the Soviets in launching the first satellite, first mammal, first man, and first woman in space; it got so desperate President Kennedy brashly declared the United States would put a man on the moon first. The first official mission in this brash project, the Apollo program, saw the deaths of three astronauts on the launchpad. From such an abysmally low point, America succeeded in launching the first humans to actually enter deep space, rather than high orbit (Apollo 8), the first docking and undocking of spacecraft in lunar orbit (Apollos 9 & 10) and the fulfilled President Kennedy's declaration of putting a man on another celestial body (Apollo 11). Such was the badass of America's program that they even pulled off the successful return of astronauts after an explosion in space (Apollo 13).
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* The [[UsefulNotes/NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Administration]], and America's space program overall. Constantly lagging behind the Soviets in launching the first satellite, first mammal, first man, and first woman in space; it got so desperate President Kennedy brashly declared the United States would put a man on the moon first. The first official mission in this brash project, the Apollo program, saw the deaths of three astronauts on the launchpad. From such an abysmally low point, America succeeded in launching the first humans to actually enter deep space, rather than high orbit (Apollo 8), the first docking and undocking of spacecraft in lunar orbit (Apollos 9 & 10) and the fulfilled President Kennedy's declaration of putting a man on another celestial body (Apollo 11). Such was the badass of America's program that they even pulled off the successful return of astronauts after an explosion in space (Apollo 13).
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* Japan, 1850-2000: A fractious, feudal archipelago that had closed itself off from most of the world and known no war for 300 years, very likely to be merely the next target for colonialisation by the western superpowers; while known from some European sources from centuries prior for apparently having tons of gold, no one except their select few trading partners knew what really went on, and besides, for the longest time it had been overshadowed by its giant neighbor (and by that time, the newly designated-ChewToy-of-the-western-powers-of-the-week) China. Then Matthew Perry crashed in with his giant, towering black ships billowing smoke, and the little country, seeing how behind they were, and also the once-grand China's downward spiral into chaos at the hands of western powers, it scoured the world, pretty much modernised everything it can, and became a great power, being able to treat on equal terms with the likes of the United Kingdom, the French Empire, the German Empire, and the United States. It also managed to send Russia into civil war by winning a war against it, and leveraged its power into an empire of its own in the Pacific and parts of mainland Asia, becoming a highly militaristic society, the resulting army notorious for its extreme brutality and ruthlessness, and when others criticized it for its expansionism, it decided to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere literally walk out of the League of Nations]]. Even after losing in WWII, Japan goes from an economy and country in shambles which had quite literally been burned to the ground to an industrial and technological powerhouse that dominated the computer and car-manufacturing industry. Also, for a long time, it was one of the very few, if not the only, First World countries not predominantly Caucasian. And as of 2014, while going through a long period of recession, it is still the third biggest economic superpower; a far cry from the backward, isolated, and unknown archipelago it was a mere 150 years ago.
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* Japan, 1850-2000: A fractious, feudal archipelago that had closed itself off from most of the world and known no war for 300 years, very likely to be merely the next target for colonialisation by the western superpowers; while known from some European sources from centuries prior for apparently having tons of gold, no one except their select few trading partners knew what really went on, and besides, for the longest time it had been overshadowed by its giant neighbor (and by that time, the newly designated-ChewToy-of-the-western-powers-of-the-week) China. Then Matthew Perry crashed in with his giant, towering black ships billowing smoke, and the little country, seeing how behind they were, and also the once-grand China's downward spiral into chaos at the hands of western powers, it scoured the world, pretty much modernised everything it can, and became a great power, being able to treat on equal terms with the likes of the United Kingdom, the French Empire, the German Empire, and the United States. It also managed to send Russia into civil war by winning a war against it, and leveraged its power into an empire of its own in the Pacific and parts of mainland Asia, becoming a highly militaristic society, the resulting army notorious for its extreme brutality and ruthlessness, and when others criticized it for its expansionism, it decided to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere literally walk out of the League of Nations]]. Even after losing in WWII, Japan goes from an economy and country in shambles which had quite literally been burned to the ground to an industrial and technological powerhouse that dominated the computer and car-manufacturing industry. Also, for a long time, it was one of the very few, if not the only, First World developed countries not predominantly Caucasian. And as of 2014, while going through a long period of recession, it is still the third biggest economic superpower; a far cry from the backward, isolated, and unknown archipelago it was a mere 150 years ago.
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* Speaking of evolution, everyone knows how badass ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is, but not many people know that tyrannosaurs are ''coelurosaurs'', NOT carnosaurs. In the Jurassic period, coelurosaurs were small, fluffy, and must have actually looked quite cute (''Sinosauropteryx'', the first known coelurosaur found with protofeathers, would be a good example.), but were OvershadowedByAwesome in the form of carnosaurs, spinosaurs, etc. However, come the Cretaceous period, the large meat-eaters of the Jurassic became old hat, and as they went into a decline, this left coelurosaurs with less competition. As you can imagine, SOMEONE *cough[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilong_(dinosaur) Dilong]]cough* eventually thought it would be a good idea to crank the more advanced qualities of coelurosaurs UpToEleven and take over the unoccupied apex predator spot that the carnosaurs had left behind, and history was made.
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* Speaking of evolution, everyone knows how badass ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is, but not many people know that tyrannosaurs are ''coelurosaurs'', NOT carnosaurs. In the Jurassic period, coelurosaurs were small, fluffy, and must have actually looked quite cute (''Sinosauropteryx'', the first known coelurosaur found with protofeathers, would be a good example.), but were OvershadowedByAwesome in the form of carnosaurs, spinosaurs, etc. However, come the Cretaceous period, the large meat-eaters of the Jurassic became old hat, and as they went into a decline, this left coelurosaurs with less competition. As you can imagine, SOMEONE *cough[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilong_(dinosaur) Dilong]]cough* eventually thought it would be a good idea to crank the more advanced qualities of coelurosaurs UpToEleven up to eleven and take over the unoccupied apex predator spot that the carnosaurs had left behind, and history was made.
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** However, in 2002 and 2003, Perelman published a series of papers online, successfully employed the Ricci flow technique to bring an end to Poincaré’s conjecture. The whole series lasted around 70 pages, with his first paper being almost 40 pages long. Notably, it took Perelman less than half of his first paper to get past the point where Hamilton got stuck for over 2 decades. Journalists would later learn that back when Perelman’s fellowship ended in 1995, he had started working on Poincaré’s conjecture. For the next 7 years, Perelman would be working in secret, having disappeared into irrelevance. In 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute picked Poincaré’s conjecture, along with 6 other math problems, to become the Millennium Prize Problems, to help raise public’s awareness about mathematics, and to encourage research. Anyone who solved just one of these problems will receive US$1 million prize, all to demonstrate just how important and difficult they were. So difficult that even among the committee that selected them, no one expected even one problem to be solved. Till this day, the Poincaré’s conjecture remains the only solved problems among the Millennium Prize Problems.
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** However, in 2002 and 2003, Perelman published a series of papers online, successfully employed the Ricci flow technique to bring an end to Poincaré’s conjecture. The whole series lasted around 70 pages, with his first paper being almost 40 pages long. Notably, it took Perelman less than half of his first paper to get past the point where Hamilton got stuck for over 2 decades. Journalists would later learn that back when Perelman’s fellowship ended in 1995, he had started working on Poincaré’s conjecture. For the next 7 years, Perelman would be working in secret, having disappeared into irrelevance. In 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute picked Poincaré’s conjecture, along with 6 other math problems, to become the Millennium Prize Problems, to help raise public’s awareness about mathematics, and to encourage research. Anyone who solved just one of these problems will receive US$1 million prize, all to demonstrate just how important and difficult they were. So difficult that even among the committee that selected them, no one expected even one problem to be solved. Till this day, the Poincaré’s conjecture remains the only solved problems problem among the Millennium Prize Problems.
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* The reclusive mathematician [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Perelman Grigori Perelman]] has a reputation for doing this. Twice.
** In 1972, geometers Jeff Cheeger and Detlef Gromoll proposed The Soul Conjecture, which tried to infer the properties of mathematical objects given information about their small regions. This conjecture remained an unproven hypothesis for over 20 years, until Perelman gave a proof in 1994. Its length? Four pages long.
** Cheeger himself, who had worked with Perelman before, described Perelman’s mathematics as “a mixture of power and arrogance”. The proof of the Soul Conjecture established Perelman as a young rising star. So much so when Perelman’s fellowship came to an end in 1995, some prestigious universities offer him an academic position. He rejected them all. Specifically, the way he rejected Princeton’s offer “has become part of American and Russian mathematical lore”. His story didn’t end there though.
** In 1904, the French mathematician Henri Poincaré proposed the Poincaré conjecture, which was a very famous and fundamental problem in topology. The problem was difficult enough that Poincaré himself gave a false proof of it. Many progresses were made throughout the 20th century, but they did not conclude Poincaré’s original goal. In 1982, a geometer named Richard S. Hamilton introduced a technique called the Ricci flow, with the intent of bringing down Poincaré’s conjecture. Hamilton made notable progress, but eventually got stuck. He would get stuck for over 20 years, and the Ricci flow remained only a possible attack on Poincaré’s conjecture.
** However, in 2002 and 2003, Perelman published a series of papers online, successfully employed the Ricci flow technique to bring an end to Poincaré’s conjecture. The whole series lasted around 70 pages, with his first paper being almost 40 pages long. Notably, it took Perelman less than half of his first paper to get past the point where Hamilton got stuck for over 2 decades. Journalists would later learn that back when Perelman’s fellowship ended in 1995, he had started working on Poincaré’s conjecture. For the next 7 years, Perelman would be working in secret, having disappeared into irrelevance. In 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute picked Poincaré’s conjecture, along with 6 other math problems, to become the Millennium Prize Problems, to help raise public’s awareness about mathematics, and to encourage research. Anyone who solved just one of these problems will receive US$1 million prize, all to demonstrate just how important and difficult they were. So difficult that even among the committee that selected them, no one expected even one problem to be solved. Till this day, the Poincaré’s conjecture remains the only solved problems among the Millennium Prize Problems.
** In 1972, geometers Jeff Cheeger and Detlef Gromoll proposed The Soul Conjecture, which tried to infer the properties of mathematical objects given information about their small regions. This conjecture remained an unproven hypothesis for over 20 years, until Perelman gave a proof in 1994. Its length? Four pages long.
** Cheeger himself, who had worked with Perelman before, described Perelman’s mathematics as “a mixture of power and arrogance”. The proof of the Soul Conjecture established Perelman as a young rising star. So much so when Perelman’s fellowship came to an end in 1995, some prestigious universities offer him an academic position. He rejected them all. Specifically, the way he rejected Princeton’s offer “has become part of American and Russian mathematical lore”. His story didn’t end there though.
** In 1904, the French mathematician Henri Poincaré proposed the Poincaré conjecture, which was a very famous and fundamental problem in topology. The problem was difficult enough that Poincaré himself gave a false proof of it. Many progresses were made throughout the 20th century, but they did not conclude Poincaré’s original goal. In 1982, a geometer named Richard S. Hamilton introduced a technique called the Ricci flow, with the intent of bringing down Poincaré’s conjecture. Hamilton made notable progress, but eventually got stuck. He would get stuck for over 20 years, and the Ricci flow remained only a possible attack on Poincaré’s conjecture.
** However, in 2002 and 2003, Perelman published a series of papers online, successfully employed the Ricci flow technique to bring an end to Poincaré’s conjecture. The whole series lasted around 70 pages, with his first paper being almost 40 pages long. Notably, it took Perelman less than half of his first paper to get past the point where Hamilton got stuck for over 2 decades. Journalists would later learn that back when Perelman’s fellowship ended in 1995, he had started working on Poincaré’s conjecture. For the next 7 years, Perelman would be working in secret, having disappeared into irrelevance. In 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute picked Poincaré’s conjecture, along with 6 other math problems, to become the Millennium Prize Problems, to help raise public’s awareness about mathematics, and to encourage research. Anyone who solved just one of these problems will receive US$1 million prize, all to demonstrate just how important and difficult they were. So difficult that even among the committee that selected them, no one expected even one problem to be solved. Till this day, the Poincaré’s conjecture remains the only solved problems among the Millennium Prize Problems.
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* UsefulNotes/NikiLauda. Just being a driver in Formula One during the seventies required a fair amount of badassery given the dangers involved with the sport (an average of two drivers killed or badly wounded per season). Within the measures of the sport, however, he was less daring than most other drivers and relied heavily on preparation and optimizing his car to minimize the risks. In 1976 he [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_German_Grand_Prix crashed at the Nürburgring track]] (having previously tried to get the race cancelled because of the risks involved) and was caught in his burning car for over a minute, receiving severe burns and damage to his lungs due to inhaling toxic fumes. His injuries were so bad that his wife brought in a priest to administer Last Rites. Lauda was back on the tracks a mere ''six weeks'' after the crash, and with ''third-degree burns still fresh from the accident'', very nearly won the championship that year (having deferred the title to James Hunt as he felt that the inclement weather in the 1976 Japanese GP wasn't worth the risk of getting killed for, stating "my life is worth more than a title") and went on to win the following year. He went on to live for forty-three years since despite severe lung damage rivaling that of a cigarette smoker, only [[TearJerker passing away peacefully]] at the age of 70.
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* UsefulNotes/NikiLauda. Just being a driver in Formula One during the seventies required a fair amount of badassery given the dangers involved with the sport (an average of two drivers killed or badly wounded per season). Within the measures of the sport, however, he was less daring than most other drivers and relied heavily on preparation and optimizing his car to minimize the risks. In 1976 he [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_German_Grand_Prix crashed at the Nürburgring track]] (having previously tried to get the race cancelled because of the risks involved) and was caught in his burning car for over a minute, receiving severe burns and damage to his lungs due to inhaling toxic fumes. His injuries were so bad that his wife brought in a priest to administer Last Rites. Lauda was back on the tracks a mere ''six weeks'' after the crash, and with ''third-degree burns still fresh from the accident'', very nearly won the championship that year (having deferred the title to James Hunt as he felt that the inclement weather in the 1976 Japanese GP wasn't worth the risk of getting killed for, stating "my life is worth more than a title") and went on to win the following year. He went on to live for forty-three years since despite severe lung damage rivaling that of a cigarette smoker, only [[TearJerker passing away peacefully]] peacefully at the age of 70.
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* Speaking of evolution, everyone knows how badass ''TyrannosaurusRex'' is, but not many people know that tyrannosaurs are ''coelurosaurs'', NOT carnosaurs. In the Jurassic period, coelurosaurs were small, fluffy, and must have actually looked quite cute (''Sinosauropteryx'', the first known coelurosaur found with protofeathers, would be a good example.), but were OvershadowedByAwesome in the form of carnosaurs, spinosaurs, etc. However, come the Cretaceous period, the large meat-eaters of the Jurassic became old hat, and as they went into a decline, this left coelurosaurs with less competition. As you can imagine, SOMEONE *cough[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilong_(dinosaur) Dilong]]cough* eventually thought it would be a good idea to crank the more advanced qualities of coelurosaurs UpToEleven and take over the unoccupied apex predator spot that the carnosaurs had left behind, and history was made.
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* Speaking of evolution, everyone knows how badass ''TyrannosaurusRex'' ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is, but not many people know that tyrannosaurs are ''coelurosaurs'', NOT carnosaurs. In the Jurassic period, coelurosaurs were small, fluffy, and must have actually looked quite cute (''Sinosauropteryx'', the first known coelurosaur found with protofeathers, would be a good example.), but were OvershadowedByAwesome in the form of carnosaurs, spinosaurs, etc. However, come the Cretaceous period, the large meat-eaters of the Jurassic became old hat, and as they went into a decline, this left coelurosaurs with less competition. As you can imagine, SOMEONE *cough[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilong_(dinosaur) Dilong]]cough* eventually thought it would be a good idea to crank the more advanced qualities of coelurosaurs UpToEleven and take over the unoccupied apex predator spot that the carnosaurs had left behind, and history was made.
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** In addition, being deployed can also cause military members to take a level in badass. Not only are you doing things and honing skills in a combat environment that you can't do elsewhere, but many soldiers, Marines, and airmen who are deployed start working out a great deal more. It passes the time and relieves stress. The U.S. military makes sure their people are fed well, and also provides exercise gear and equipment. Doing push-ups, pull-ups, and dips while wearing full body armor doesn't hurt. It's not unusual for personnel returning from being deployed to come back much more toned and muscular than when they left.
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* Creator/AudieMurphy, first when a German machine gun nest [[ISurrenderSuckers pretended to surrender]] then [[HeartbrokenBadass killed his friend]]. He killed them, captured the machine gun and several grenades and turned them on the Germans, destroying anything wearing the wrong uniform, [[HeroicBSOD then shut down completely]]. His biggest distinction was his Medal of Honour incident, where the tank destroyers supporting his company were almost completely wiped out, so when he ran out of ammunition in his M1 Carbine, he jumped on a ''burning'' tank destroyer and kept firing its turret-mounted machine gun until it overheated and stopped working.
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* Creator/AudieMurphy, first when a German machine gun nest [[ISurrenderSuckers pretended to surrender]] then [[HeartbrokenBadass killed his friend]]. He killed them, captured the machine gun and several grenades grenades, and turned them on the Germans, destroying anything wearing the wrong uniform, [[HeroicBSOD then shut down completely]]. His biggest distinction was his Medal of Honour incident, where the tank destroyers supporting his company were almost completely wiped out, so when he ran out of ammunition in his M1 Carbine, he jumped on a ''burning'' tank destroyer and kept firing its turret-mounted machine gun until it overheated and stopped working.
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* The British Isles, when they became an empire. Originally, they were notable for being the origin of some myths and stories but were largely just a small country that posed no threat. Then they started stealing gold from the Spaniards to fund a fleet and developed a Navy that would become unbeatable for years to come. They arose, formed colonies on America and became an empire, and when they severed from that, they formed UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire. At their peak, they were the single strongest superpower in the world. The sun never set on UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire, and for good reason.
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* The British Isles, when they became an empire. Originally, they were notable for being the origin of some myths and stories but were largely just a small country that posed no threat. Then they started stealing gold from the Spaniards to fund a fleet and developed a Navy that would become unbeatable for years to come. They arose, formed colonies on America in America, and became an empire, and when they severed from that, they formed UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire. At their peak, they were the single strongest superpower in the world. The sun never set on UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire, and for good reason.
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* The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] in 1943. Before this time, it had a heavily outdated army devastated by internal strife, a populace that was uneducated and starving and a drought of scientific and technological progress. Hitler's armed forces almost destroyed the Soviet military, but after numerous counter-attacks (the most famous being Stalingrad) and a handy Russian Winter, the Soviets steam-rolled and conquered the Germans and invaded Japanese-held Manchuria. After that, they became a scientific, economic and military superpower, for a long time the only one capable of competing with the United States and the first nation to send a man into space.
* Japan, 1850-2000: A fractious, feudal archipelago that had closed itself off from most of the world and known no war for 300 years, very likely to be merely the next target for colonialisation by the western superpowers; while known from some European sources from centuries prior for apparently having tons of gold, no one except their select few trading partners knew what really went on, and besides, for the longest time it had been overshadowed by its giant neighbor (and by that time, the newly designated-ChewToy-of-the-western-powers-of-the-week) China. Then Matthew Perry crashed in with his giant, towering black ships billowing smoke, and the little country, seeing how behind they were, and also the once grand China's downward spiral into chaos at the hands of western powers, it scoured the world, pretty much modernised everything it can, and became a great power, being able to treat on equal terms with the likes of the United Kingdom, the French Empire, the German Empire, and the United States. It also managed to send Russia into civil war by winning a war against it, and leveraged its power into an empire of its own in the Pacific and parts of mainland Asia, becoming a highly militaristic society, the resulting army notorious for its extreme brutality and ruthlessness, and when others criticized it for its expansionism, it decided to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere literally walk out of the League of Nations]]. Even after losing in WWII, Japan goes from an economy and country in shambles which had quite literally been burned to the ground to an industrial and technological power-house that dominated the computer and car-manufacturing industry. Also, for a long time, it was one of the very few, if not the only, First World countries not predominantly Caucasian. And as of 2014, while going through a long period of recession, it is still the third biggest economic superpower; a far cry from the backward, isolated, and unknown archipelago it was a mere 150 years ago.
* South Korea. In its formation, it was a small weak nation that got stomped by its Northern brother, having previously been occupied and exploited by the aforementioned Japanese Empire; for a long time it was actually a backwater on par with many African countries, and a desolate landscape, torn by war and little in the form of stability. It was only thanks to the United States that it didn't get fully taken over by the North in the Korean War. But then, said Americans trained the Southern soldiers, and soon, they became absolute killing machines. By the time of the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar, its soldiers were admired by everyone, American, South Vietnamese, ANZAC, [[WorthyOpponent North Vietnamese, and Vietcong]] alike, for their ruthless efficiency and sheer badassery, having thought to have killed more than even the much more numerous Americans, and their marines especially were TheDreaded for all the Vietcong and NVA, known for small units made up of [[OneManArmy One Man Armies]] capable to killing thousands with little casualties and literally chopping their enemies to death in melee combat ''with their bare hands''. While it was still a backwater. From this war and aid from the United States, it rapidly modernized, becoming one of the "Four Asian Tigers" by the early 80s. Also, through sheer persistence, common citizens [[{{Determinator}} continued to resist the onslaught of dictators that again and again to subdue them until they were finally given democracy in the late 80s]]. Today it's an economic powerhouse, with an advanced standing army (that all men of age are required to join, with a decent amount of [[ActionGirl women]] also there in recent years; dodging the draft will get you ostracized for the rest of your life) that outclasses the outdated and poorly equipped North Korean army.
* Japan, 1850-2000: A fractious, feudal archipelago that had closed itself off from most of the world and known no war for 300 years, very likely to be merely the next target for colonialisation by the western superpowers; while known from some European sources from centuries prior for apparently having tons of gold, no one except their select few trading partners knew what really went on, and besides, for the longest time it had been overshadowed by its giant neighbor (and by that time, the newly designated-ChewToy-of-the-western-powers-of-the-week) China. Then Matthew Perry crashed in with his giant, towering black ships billowing smoke, and the little country, seeing how behind they were, and also the once grand China's downward spiral into chaos at the hands of western powers, it scoured the world, pretty much modernised everything it can, and became a great power, being able to treat on equal terms with the likes of the United Kingdom, the French Empire, the German Empire, and the United States. It also managed to send Russia into civil war by winning a war against it, and leveraged its power into an empire of its own in the Pacific and parts of mainland Asia, becoming a highly militaristic society, the resulting army notorious for its extreme brutality and ruthlessness, and when others criticized it for its expansionism, it decided to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere literally walk out of the League of Nations]]. Even after losing in WWII, Japan goes from an economy and country in shambles which had quite literally been burned to the ground to an industrial and technological power-house that dominated the computer and car-manufacturing industry. Also, for a long time, it was one of the very few, if not the only, First World countries not predominantly Caucasian. And as of 2014, while going through a long period of recession, it is still the third biggest economic superpower; a far cry from the backward, isolated, and unknown archipelago it was a mere 150 years ago.
* South Korea. In its formation, it was a small weak nation that got stomped by its Northern brother, having previously been occupied and exploited by the aforementioned Japanese Empire; for a long time it was actually a backwater on par with many African countries, and a desolate landscape, torn by war and little in the form of stability. It was only thanks to the United States that it didn't get fully taken over by the North in the Korean War. But then, said Americans trained the Southern soldiers, and soon, they became absolute killing machines. By the time of the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar, its soldiers were admired by everyone, American, South Vietnamese, ANZAC, [[WorthyOpponent North Vietnamese, and Vietcong]] alike, for their ruthless efficiency and sheer badassery, having thought to have killed more than even the much more numerous Americans, and their marines especially were TheDreaded for all the Vietcong and NVA, known for small units made up of [[OneManArmy One Man Armies]] capable to killing thousands with little casualties and literally chopping their enemies to death in melee combat ''with their bare hands''. While it was still a backwater. From this war and aid from the United States, it rapidly modernized, becoming one of the "Four Asian Tigers" by the early 80s. Also, through sheer persistence, common citizens [[{{Determinator}} continued to resist the onslaught of dictators that again and again to subdue them until they were finally given democracy in the late 80s]]. Today it's an economic powerhouse, with an advanced standing army (that all men of age are required to join, with a decent amount of [[ActionGirl women]] also there in recent years; dodging the draft will get you ostracized for the rest of your life) that outclasses the outdated and poorly equipped North Korean army.
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* The [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] in 1943. Before this time, it had a heavily outdated army devastated by internal strife, a populace that was uneducated and starving starving, and a drought of scientific and technological progress. Hitler's armed forces almost destroyed the Soviet military, but after numerous counter-attacks (the most famous being Stalingrad) and a handy Russian Winter, the Soviets steam-rolled and conquered the Germans and invaded Japanese-held Manchuria. After that, they became a scientific, economic economic, and military superpower, for a long time the only one capable of competing with the United States and the first nation to send a man into space.
* Japan, 1850-2000: A fractious, feudal archipelago that had closed itself off from most of the world and known no war for 300 years, very likely to be merely the next target for colonialisation by the western superpowers; while known from some European sources from centuries prior for apparently having tons of gold, no one except their select few trading partners knew what really went on, and besides, for the longest time it had been overshadowed by its giant neighbor (and by that time, the newly designated-ChewToy-of-the-western-powers-of-the-week) China. Then Matthew Perry crashed in with his giant, towering black ships billowing smoke, and the little country, seeing how behind they were, and also theonce grand once-grand China's downward spiral into chaos at the hands of western powers, it scoured the world, pretty much modernised everything it can, and became a great power, being able to treat on equal terms with the likes of the United Kingdom, the French Empire, the German Empire, and the United States. It also managed to send Russia into civil war by winning a war against it, and leveraged its power into an empire of its own in the Pacific and parts of mainland Asia, becoming a highly militaristic society, the resulting army notorious for its extreme brutality and ruthlessness, and when others criticized it for its expansionism, it decided to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere literally walk out of the League of Nations]]. Even after losing in WWII, Japan goes from an economy and country in shambles which had quite literally been burned to the ground to an industrial and technological power-house powerhouse that dominated the computer and car-manufacturing industry. Also, for a long time, it was one of the very few, if not the only, First World countries not predominantly Caucasian. And as of 2014, while going through a long period of recession, it is still the third biggest economic superpower; a far cry from the backward, isolated, and unknown archipelago it was a mere 150 years ago.
* South Korea. In its formation, it was a small weak nation that got stomped by its Northern brother, having previously been occupied and exploited by the aforementioned Japanese Empire; for a long time it was actually a backwater on par with many African countries, and a desolate landscape, torn by war and little in the form of stability. It was only thanks to the United States that it didn't get fully taken over by the North in the Korean War. But then, said Americans trained the Southern soldiers, and soon, they became absolute killing machines. By the time of the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar, its soldiers were admired by everyone, American, South Vietnamese, ANZAC, [[WorthyOpponent North Vietnamese, and Vietcong]] alike, for their ruthless efficiency and sheer badassery, having thought to have killed more than even the much more numerous Americans, and their marines especially were TheDreaded for all the Vietcong and NVA, known for small units made up of [[OneManArmyOne Man One-Man Armies]] capable to killing thousands with little casualties and literally chopping their enemies to death in melee combat ''with their bare hands''. While it was still a backwater. From this war and aid from the United States, it rapidly modernized, becoming one of the "Four Asian Tigers" by the early 80s. Also, through sheer persistence, common citizens [[{{Determinator}} continued to resist the onslaught of dictators that again and again to subdue them until they were finally given democracy in the late 80s]]. Today it's an economic powerhouse, with an advanced standing army (that all men of age are required to join, with a decent amount of [[ActionGirl women]] also there in recent years; dodging the draft will get you ostracized for the rest of your life) that outclasses the outdated and poorly equipped North Korean army.
* Japan, 1850-2000: A fractious, feudal archipelago that had closed itself off from most of the world and known no war for 300 years, very likely to be merely the next target for colonialisation by the western superpowers; while known from some European sources from centuries prior for apparently having tons of gold, no one except their select few trading partners knew what really went on, and besides, for the longest time it had been overshadowed by its giant neighbor (and by that time, the newly designated-ChewToy-of-the-western-powers-of-the-week) China. Then Matthew Perry crashed in with his giant, towering black ships billowing smoke, and the little country, seeing how behind they were, and also the
* South Korea. In its formation, it was a small weak nation that got stomped by its Northern brother, having previously been occupied and exploited by the aforementioned Japanese Empire; for a long time it was actually a backwater on par with many African countries, and a desolate landscape, torn by war and little in the form of stability. It was only thanks to the United States that it didn't get fully taken over by the North in the Korean War. But then, said Americans trained the Southern soldiers, and soon, they became absolute killing machines. By the time of the UsefulNotes/VietnamWar, its soldiers were admired by everyone, American, South Vietnamese, ANZAC, [[WorthyOpponent North Vietnamese, and Vietcong]] alike, for their ruthless efficiency and sheer badassery, having thought to have killed more than even the much more numerous Americans, and their marines especially were TheDreaded for all the Vietcong and NVA, known for small units made up of [[OneManArmy
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* [[ThreateningShark Sharks.]] For a long time in their history, sharks were the {{butt monkey}}s for all manner of nastier sea creatures. Sure, they were capable predators and numerous, but giant placoderms and mosasaurs and [[AlwaysABiggerFish bigger fish]] made life for them hell. That all changed after the KT Extinction Event. Sharks filled in the gaps left behind by the now-extinct aquatic predators and exploded into numerous variant species, living in every possible environment in the ocean, and becoming its top predators in many of those environments. It was only after the evolution of large toothed whales and dolphins like the sperm whale and orca that sharks had real competitors.
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* [[ThreateningShark Sharks.]] For a long time in their history, sharks were the {{butt monkey}}s for all manner of nastier sea creatures. Sure, they were capable predators and numerous, but giant placoderms and mosasaurs and [[AlwaysABiggerFish bigger fish]] made life for them hell. That all changed after the KT Extinction Event. Sharks filled in the gaps left behind by the now-extinct aquatic predators and exploded into numerous variant species, living in every possible environment in the ocean, and becoming its top predators in many of those environments. It was only after the evolution of large toothed large-toothed whales and dolphins like the sperm whale and orca that sharks had real competitors.
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* Two plants in the nightshade family got this after the Spanish explorations of the New World; the tomato and the potato. Both species of plant were relatively geographically isolated. The potato did not exist outside of what would be Peru and Bolivia, and the tomato was a part of the Aztec diet in Mexico. When the Conquistadores found them, they brought them to Europe, where both plants' popularity exploded. Try to imagine a world without potato chips, french fries, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, sun-dried tomatoes or potato cannons! The potato in particular was especially important to the industrializing Europe, as the crop's heartiness and relatively cheap price kept millions in Ireland from starving (and did starve millions when a fungus caused the Potato Famine), fed millions more throughout Europe and was among the first crops grown in Europe's African and American colonies. It [[JustForPun grew]] so popular that the potato became a subject of intense admiration. UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette even wore a headdress made of potato flowers in appreciation of spuds everywhere. When the poster lady for the ErmineCapeEffect wears your reproductive organs as a hat, you know you've made it.
** Similarly, chocolate's badassery went up a notch. Twice in its history. Originally, it was just a bitter drink enjoyed only by the cultures of Mesoamerica. After the Spanish conquered that region, they exported it back to Spain, where it became a sensation in the royal court, from there becoming a popular beverage for the well-to-do. But chocolate, as we know it today, didn't arrive until the Industrial Revolution, where a series of innovations culminating with the invention of milk chocolate by Daniel Peter and Henri Nestle in 1875 made it the mass-market product we know and love today. Now, chocolate comes in hundreds of different packages and variations. From cakes to candy bars, cookies to fruit coating and drinks both warm and cold. It's used to express love for your significant other, a treat for your kids, a gift of friendship and holds significance in almost every major Western holiday from Valentines Day to Christmas and a staple all over the world.
** Similarly, chocolate's badassery went up a notch. Twice in its history. Originally, it was just a bitter drink enjoyed only by the cultures of Mesoamerica. After the Spanish conquered that region, they exported it back to Spain, where it became a sensation in the royal court, from there becoming a popular beverage for the well-to-do. But chocolate, as we know it today, didn't arrive until the Industrial Revolution, where a series of innovations culminating with the invention of milk chocolate by Daniel Peter and Henri Nestle in 1875 made it the mass-market product we know and love today. Now, chocolate comes in hundreds of different packages and variations. From cakes to candy bars, cookies to fruit coating and drinks both warm and cold. It's used to express love for your significant other, a treat for your kids, a gift of friendship and holds significance in almost every major Western holiday from Valentines Day to Christmas and a staple all over the world.
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* Two plants in the nightshade family got this after the Spanish explorations of the New World; the tomato and the potato. Both species of plant were relatively geographically isolated. The potato did not exist outside of what would be Peru and Bolivia, and the tomato was a part of the Aztec diet in Mexico. When the Conquistadores found them, they brought them to Europe, where both plants' popularity exploded. Try to imagine a world without potato chips, french fries, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, sun-dried tomatoes tomatoes, or potato cannons! The potato in particular was especially important to the industrializing Europe, as the crop's heartiness and relatively cheap price kept millions in Ireland from starving (and did starve millions when a fungus caused the Potato Famine), fed millions more throughout Europe Europe, and was among the first crops grown in Europe's African and American colonies. It [[JustForPun grew]] so popular that the potato became a subject of intense admiration. UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette even wore a headdress made of potato flowers in appreciation of spuds everywhere. When the poster lady for the ErmineCapeEffect wears your reproductive organs as a hat, you know you've made it.
** Similarly, chocolate's badassery went up a notch. Twice in its history. Originally, it was just a bitter drink enjoyed only by the cultures of Mesoamerica. After the Spanish conquered that region, they exported it back to Spain, where it became a sensation in the royal court, from there becoming a popular beverage for the well-to-do. But chocolate, as we know it today, didn't arrive until the Industrial Revolution, where a series of innovations culminating with the invention of milk chocolate by Daniel Peter and Henri Nestle in 1875 made it the mass-market product we know and love today. Now, chocolate comes in hundreds of different packages and variations. From cakes to candy bars, cookies to fruit coating and drinks both warm and cold. It's used to express love for your significant other, a treat for your kids, a gift of friendship and holds significance in almost every major Western holiday fromValentines Valentine's Day to Christmas and a staple all over the world.
** Similarly, chocolate's badassery went up a notch. Twice in its history. Originally, it was just a bitter drink enjoyed only by the cultures of Mesoamerica. After the Spanish conquered that region, they exported it back to Spain, where it became a sensation in the royal court, from there becoming a popular beverage for the well-to-do. But chocolate, as we know it today, didn't arrive until the Industrial Revolution, where a series of innovations culminating with the invention of milk chocolate by Daniel Peter and Henri Nestle in 1875 made it the mass-market product we know and love today. Now, chocolate comes in hundreds of different packages and variations. From cakes to candy bars, cookies to fruit coating and drinks both warm and cold. It's used to express love for your significant other, a treat for your kids, a gift of friendship and holds significance in almost every major Western holiday from
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* The British Isles, when they became an empire. Originally, they were notable for being the origin of some myths and stories but were largely just a small country that posed no threat. Then they started stealing gold from the Spaniards to fund a fleet and developed a Navy that would become unbeatable for years to come. They arose, formed colonies on America and became an empire, and when they severed from that, they formed UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire. At their peak, they were the single strongest superpower in the world. The sun never set on UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire, and for good reason. [[TheAtoner Then they gave it all back and became a relatively peaceful country, using their power to help its allies.]]
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* The British Isles, when they became an empire. Originally, they were notable for being the origin of some myths and stories but were largely just a small country that posed no threat. Then they started stealing gold from the Spaniards to fund a fleet and developed a Navy that would become unbeatable for years to come. They arose, formed colonies on America and became an empire, and when they severed from that, they formed UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire. At their peak, they were the single strongest superpower in the world. The sun never set on UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire, and for good reason. [[TheAtoner Then they gave it all back and became a relatively peaceful country, using their power to help its allies.]]
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* Wrestling/HulkHogan was a [[https://youtu.be/mKJ5qQ19cvk?t=39s fat kid that would eat half a supermarket for attention]]
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* Niki Lauda. Just being a driver in Formula One during the seventies required a fair amount of badassery given the dangers involved with the sport (an average of two drivers killed or badly wounded per season). Within the measures of the sport, however, he was less daring than most other drivers and relied heavily on preparation and optimizing his car to minimize the risks. In 1976 he [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_German_Grand_Prix crashed at the Nürburgring track]] (having previously tried to get the race cancelled because of the risks involved) and was caught in his burning car for over a minute, receiving severe burns and damages to his lungs due to inhaling toxic fumes. His injuries were so bad that his wife brought in a priest to administer Last Rites. Lauda was back on the tracks a mere ''six weeks'' after the crash, and with ''third-degree burns still fresh from the accident'', very nearly won the championship that year (having deferred the title to James Hunt as he felt that the inclement weather in the 1976 Japanese GP wasn't worth the risk of getting killed for, stating "my life is worth more than a title") and went on to win the following year. He went on to live for forty-three years since despite severe lung damage rivaling that of a cigarette smoker, only [[TearJerker passing away peacefully]] at the age of 70.
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* Niki Lauda.UsefulNotes/NikiLauda. Just being a driver in Formula One during the seventies required a fair amount of badassery given the dangers involved with the sport (an average of two drivers killed or badly wounded per season). Within the measures of the sport, however, he was less daring than most other drivers and relied heavily on preparation and optimizing his car to minimize the risks. In 1976 he [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_German_Grand_Prix crashed at the Nürburgring track]] (having previously tried to get the race cancelled because of the risks involved) and was caught in his burning car for over a minute, receiving severe burns and damages damage to his lungs due to inhaling toxic fumes. His injuries were so bad that his wife brought in a priest to administer Last Rites. Lauda was back on the tracks a mere ''six weeks'' after the crash, and with ''third-degree burns still fresh from the accident'', very nearly won the championship that year (having deferred the title to James Hunt as he felt that the inclement weather in the 1976 Japanese GP wasn't worth the risk of getting killed for, stating "my life is worth more than a title") and went on to win the following year. He went on to live for forty-three years since despite severe lung damage rivaling that of a cigarette smoker, only [[TearJerker passing away peacefully]] at the age of 70.
