This is quite true
The case of the exploding tree stump
Best known for his 1945 novel, Brideshead Revisited, English novelist Evelyn Waugh spent the five years preceding its publication in the military, first in the Royal Marines and then, thanks to a transfer in May of 1942, the Royal Horse Guards, stationed at the time in south-west Scotland. This change of pace and scenery was much-welcomed,…
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