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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz Profile picture
Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
@ostrichson
Writer, stand-up comic, and @_korpiklaani evangelist in Yokohama. Find me @japantimes, @Tokyo_Weekender, @Crunchyroll, and @Cracked. He/him. 日本語 OK!
Sep 29, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
On September 29, 1928, newspaper headlines read "The Mighty Atom – Super Strong Man Pits Brawn Against Plane, Wins!" They were describing a feat by a popular strongman where he held an aircraft on the ground with his hair. It was later featured on Ripley’s "Believe it or Not." The "Mighty Atom" in question was one Joseph L. Greenstein, a Polish Jew (shoutout!) and early 20th-century strongman known for biting through iron nails, driving nails into boards with his hands, or bending iron horseshoes.