is an American documentary television series on G4TV. It is based on a concept by executive producers Adam Cohen, Cara Tapper, and Joanna Vernetti. There are no hosts attached to the show and it is being produced by Super Delicious Productions. Filming is based in
and eight episodes have been ordered for the first season. The series premiered on October 20, 2010 with all new episodes every Wednesday at 8:30PM.
opens up with: "You want tough? We're counting down the toughest..." The show reveals the toughest high-security prisons, sniper units, little people, and bank vaults. Other examples are: the toughest dictators, armored state cars, fighting styles, street gangs, special forces, and insects. G4TV has ordered eight half-hour episodes of the series, which is scheduled to premiere Oct. 20, 2010. Each episode will profile the three toughest entries in each category and countdown the top 5 or 3 of each.
The toughest people, places or things in the world are identified utilizing footage and live-action recreations of some of the topics. An omniscient narration provides background information within each topic. Plus, expert testimony from various backgrounds is also offered up during some of the topics.
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| 1.1 | Toughest Prisons, Armored Cars, and Little Dudes |
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Toughest Prisons:
- 5. Boulogne Summer Prison, Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes. As of the , Mendoza's population was 110,993...
(South AmericaSouth America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
) – Built on top of a sewer system, this smelly prison crams 1,700 inmates in a building that only houses 500.
- 4. Lurigancho Prison, Lima, Peru (South America) – The 10,000 inmates control this prison where they have to eat garbage and the guards are outnumbered 100 to 1.
- 3. Black Beach Prison, Bioko Island, Guinea
Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...
(South America) – This prison is located on a shark-infested island on the equator where inmates share their cells with festering rats and being starved by the guards.
- 2. Bang Kwang Prison (aka "The Bangkok Hilton"), Bangkok, Thailand – For the first three months, prisoners are bound in leg irons, served one meal a day, and there is 130 inmates per cell with one crouching toilet. Prisoners who misbehave are brought to "Building 10", a 6x6 cell in total darkness used for solitary confinement
Solitary confinement is a special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff. It is sometimes employed as a form of punishment beyond incarceration for a prisoner, and has been cited as an additional...
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- 1. North Korean Gulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
, North KoreaThe Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
(AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
) – There are 250,000 prisoners behind bars and they're used for slave labor in the mines and fields. Also used as human guinea pigs in the hospital so the doctors can practice without medicine for chemical weapons testing—that's why 25% of inmates die per year here.
(Softest Prison: Federal Penitentiary, Pensacola, FloridaPensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2009, the estimated population was 53,752...
– Used for white collar inmates where they spend their time playing golf, strolling in the park, and enjoy movie nights.)
Toughest Little Dudes:
- 4. Kiran Shaw (aka "Little Kiran") – At 4'1", he's the world's smallest stuntman
A stuntman or stunt performer is someone who performs dangerous stunts.Stuntman may also refer to:*The Stunt Man, a 1980 film starring Peter O'Toole*Stuntman , a 2002 video game**Stuntman: Ignition, its sequel...
. He wing walksSeen in airshows and barnstorming during the 1920s, wing walking is the act of moving on the wings of an airplane during flight.-The beginning of air walkers:...
on planes without a parachute at 1,000 feet at 120mph.
- 3. Mighty Mike – 4'3" bodybuilder/powerlifter. At 16-years-old, he was the only dwarf
Dwarfism is short stature resulting from a medical condition. It is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 4 feet 10 inches , although this definition is problematic because short stature in itself is not a disorder....
in the powerlifting competition to win contests by benching three times his body weight (around 300lbs). He toured with Motley CrueMötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...
as a fire-eaterFire-Eater may refer to:* Fire eater, a performer who places flaming objects into their mouth and extinguishes them.* Fire-Eaters pro-slavery politicians who pushed for secession from the United States of America* An episode of the Dragon Ball anime....
for their carnival stage act.
- 2. Bushwick Bill
Richard Shaw , better known by the stage name Bushwick Bill, is a member of the American hip hop group Geto Boys. He was born in Jamaica, but moved to Brooklyn, NY as a young child.- History :...
– 3'8" gangster rapper of the Geto BoysGeto Boys is a rap group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. The Geto Boys earned notoriety for its lyrics which included misogyny, gore, psychotic experiences, and necrophilia...
(1991 rap group). In a suicidal rage, Bill wanted his girlfriend to shoot him but ended up shooting his eye out and was featured on the album cover in the hospital. Legally changed his name to "Dr. Wolfgang von Bushwaicken the Barbarian Mother Funky Star High Dollar Billstir". In 2008, Bill got jail time when he was arrested for assault.
- 1. Puppet "The Psycho Dwarf" – Leader and reality television star of the midget wrestling troupe, Half Pint Brawlers
Half Pint Brawlers is a wrestling company and television series. The company is considered the craziest and also the top midget wrestling company in the country. Known for controversy and also for their hardcore wrestling style, they often use staple guns, thumb tacks, broken bottles, and barbed...
. This 4'4" wrestler has a high threshold for pain: dives on broken glass and tacks, and staples paper money to his gentiles.
(Softest Dwarf: Aditya "Romeo" Dev – 2'9" dancer from IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Toughest Armored Cars:
- 5. Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...
's Mercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
ML-430 (aka "Popemoblie") – Features bulletproof wrap-around windows.
- 4. German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...
's Audi A8The Audi A8 is a four-door, full-size, luxury sedan car manufactured and marketed by the German automaker Audi since 1994. Succeeding the Audi V8, the A8 has been offered with front wheel drive or permanent four-wheel drive, with multitronic or tiptronic automatic transmissions — and in short- and...
– Solid bulletproofing against fire power and armor plated with a 420hpHorsepower is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.Horsepower was originally defined to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses in continuous operation. The unit was widely adopted to measure the...
V12A V12 engine is a V engine with 12 cylinders mounted on the crankcase in two banks of six cylinders, usually but not always at a 60° angle to each other, with all 12 pistons driving a common crankshaft....
engine.
- 3. Queen of England Elizabeth II's Bentley Arnage
The Bentley Arnage is a large luxury car produced by Bentley Motors in Crewe, England from 1998 to 2009. The Arnage, and its Rolls-Royce-branded sibling, the Silver Seraph, were introduced in the Spring of 1998, and were the first entirely new designs for the two marques since 1980.Another break...
– Armored plated 460hp twin turbo V8 engine that goes 0 to 60 in less than 6 seconds.
- 2. World Leaders Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
S-600 Pullman Guard – This 3,970 pound armored car has 100% protection and passed the bomb test with 5 on top and 5 underneath car.
- 1. President Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's Cadillac One (aka "The Beast") – It's a tank with 5 inches of armor, 8 inch thick doors, tear gas, classified weapons and engine specs, but only gets 8 miles per gallon of gas. It also has the president's blood plasmaBlood plasma is the straw-colored liquid component of blood in which the blood cells in whole blood are normally suspended. It makes up about 55% of the total blood volume. It is the intravascular fluid part of extracellular fluid...
bags in the trunk just in case of emergencies. |
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"Heads up! We're taking you around the world counting down the toughest people, places, and things. From hardcore prisons that'll make grown men cry to armored cars that take a lickin' and keep on truckin'...now That's Tough!" |
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| 1.2 | Toughest Special Forces, Taxi Drivers, and Rites of Passage |
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| 1.3 | Toughest Crime Organizations, Rock & Rollers, and Military Sea Vehicles |
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Toughest Crime Organizations:
- 4. 'Ndrangheta (means "Brave Defiant One"), Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
– Started out as a gambling group in the 1880s in the CalabriaCalabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....
n hills. Today, this organization is involved in contract killingContract killing is a form of murder, in which one party hires another party to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to kill the target in exchange for consideration, monetary, or otherwise. The hiring party may...
, murderMurder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
, extortionExtortion is a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime...
, and drug trafficking (make up 80% of Europe's cocaineCocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic...
trade). New recruits had to take a strict code of silenceA code of silence is a condition in effect when a person opts to withhold what is believed to be vital or important information voluntarily or involuntarily....
called "Omerta" by cutting off their finger and putting the blood on the picture of a saint.
- 3. Chinese
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
Triads, ChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
– There's over 250,000 members world wide in the U.S., U.K., AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Their specialties are contract killing, identity theftIdentity theft is a form of stealing another person's identity in which someone pretends to be someone else by assuming that person's identity, typically in order to access resources or obtain credit and other benefits in that person's name...
, car bombing, prostitutionProstitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including a "john". Prostitution is one of...
, money launderingMoney laundering is the process of disguising illegal sources of money so that it looks like it came from legal sources. The methods by which money may be laundered are varied and can range in sophistication. Many regulatory and governmental authorities quote estimates each year for the amount...
, drug running, and human traffickingHuman trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...
. They're signature weapon is the meat cleaver and they're initiation ceremony is to kill a live chicken, mix it's blood with their own, and drink it.
- 2. Bratva (means "Brotherhood") (aka "Russian Mafia
The Russian Mafia is a name applied to organized crime syndicates in Russia and Ukraine. The mafia in various countries take the name of the country, as for example the Ukrainian mafia....
"), RussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
– Made up of ex-KGBThe KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
members with 6,000 syndicates in Russia and 2,000 in the U.S., this organization began with the fall of the Iron Curtain controls 40% of Russia's GDPGross domestic product refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living....
. Godfather Sergei Mikhailov was prosecuted and two key witnesses (a father and son) were killed before trial. Also, their role model Alexander SolonikAlexander Viktorovich Solonik , also known as Sasha the Macedonian,A reference to Alexander the Great and Solonik's Greek descent and ability to shoot handguns from both hands, in Russian called a Macedonian shooting and Superkiller, was an infamous Russian hitman in the early 1990s and was...
was infamous for his two-handed gunfire and accuracy when killing enemies.
- 1. La Familia (aka "The Family"), Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
– This is the most dangerous crime organization and drug cartelDrug cartels are criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises. The term was applied when the largest trafficking...
in the world. For their debut, they left 5 severed heads in a club just to send a message. They specialize in torturing and beheading enemies. They're the leading supplier of methylamineMethylamine is the organic compound with a formula of CH3NH2. This colourless gas is a derivative of ammonia, but with one H atom replaced by a methyl group. It is the simplest primary amine. It is sold as a solution in methanol, ethanol, THF, and water, or as the anhydrous gas in pressurized...
with super meth labs all over the country making 100 pounds per day pulling in $11 million/day. They murdered 12 federal Mexican agents because they believe in "divine justice". They have their own bible and religion, and supplies food and medicine to poor villages as a modern day Robin HoodRobin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
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Toughest Rock Stars in the World:
- 3. Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...
(aka "Prince of Darkness") (Black SabbathBlack Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
) – Godfather of heavy metalHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, this rocker burned Gideon Bibles, dedicated on hotel room floors, and bit the head of a bat on stage during a concert in Des Moines, IowaDes Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...
. Also bit the head off of a dove during a record deal signing. Ozzy's body is so tough that scientists have tested it.
- 2. G.G. Allin (Texas Nazis) – This shock rocker of punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
liked urinating and dedicating on stage during his shocking live performances and roll around in it. He often performed totally naked, would attack audience members, and cut up his body with knives.
- 1. Mayhem
Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1984 in Oslo, Norway and regarded as one of the pioneers of the influential Norwegian black metal scene...
(black metalBlack metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band from NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
) – They would impale real live animal heads into stakes during their live shows. First lead singer named "Dead" had became that when he committed suicide in 1991. When guitarist "Euronymous" found him dead, he went out and bought a deposable camera and took a picture of Dead's body for the album cover then made a stew of Dead's brains. Other members include: "Manic", "Necrobutcher", "Hellhammer", and "Blasphemer".
Toughest Sea Vechiles:
- 3. Skjold class patrol boat
The Skjold class patrol boats is a new class of superfast, large stealth missile craft, formerly known as MTBs . From 2009, the Royal Norwegian Navy officially label them as coastal corvettes because their seaworthiness is seen as comparable to corvettes. They are built at the Umoe Mandal yard...
, NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
(Europe) – Built to protect Norway's 12,000 mile coastline, this 156 foot Norwegian fighter has a top speed of 70 mph, making it the fastest warship on earth. Invisible to enemies, the ship features special non-scratch coating that absorbs most radar waves because it was built with no right angles. Weapons: 76 millimeter rapid-fire canon blasts two 27 pound shells. The defense system is called "MASS" (Multi-Ammunition Softkill System) which launches decoys to enemy fire.
- 2. Super Dvora MK-3 Patrol Boat, Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
(Middle EastThe Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
) – This 90 feet long, 70 ton 55 mph ship is designed to stop terrorists from entering the country by sea. Only 3 foot hull for shallow water to hit the beach quickly. Weapons: 30 millimeter anti-aircraft gun that fires at a 3,300 foot altitude vertical range and a typhoon cannon link to a gyroscope. Also has two propulsion systems that feature a jet ski system and thrust vectoring system.
- 1. Arleigh Burke class destroyer
The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers is the United States Navy's first class of destroyer built around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array radar. The class is named for Admiral Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke, the most famous American destroyer officer of...
, (U.S. Navy) United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(North AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
) – The most dangerous warship in the world, the ship's seen action in Desert Storm operations where it launched tomahawk missile strikes and helped maintain a "no fly zone" in its aftermath. The ship is named after one of the U.S. Navy's most decorated admirals in history, Admiral Arleigh BurkeAdmiral Arleigh Albert '31-knot' Burke was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.-Early life and naval career:Burke was born in Boulder,...
, 18 year veteran of World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and KoreaThe Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
who sank 12 enemy ships and shot down 30 enemy fighters. The ship is 500 feet long with 11 different weapon systems (most in any navy): Mark 56 torpedoes to take out submarines, and vertical missiles that launch at rapid-fire. It also has double layered steel armored plating hull that can withstand chemical and biological attacks, missile fire and nuclear blasts. |
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"Get ready to rock! This is our countdown to the toughest in the world. From crime organizations who kill for money and power to military sea ships that bring the big guns. put on your big boy pants and get ready for...That's Tough!" |
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| 1.4 | Toughest Bodyguards, Mega Vaults, and Monks |
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Toughest Bodyguards:
- 5. Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps, Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
, ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
(EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
) – Been around for 500 years, these 110 men guard the leader of the catholic church (they protect the popeThe Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
). Trained in hand-to-hand combat. Signature uniform: puffy-sleeved tunics of blue, yellow, and red vertical stripes. Arsenal: SIG Sauer 9mm pistol and H&K submachine gunA submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were...
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- 4. Osama Bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
's Bodyguards, AfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
– Their leader is on the FBI's top 10 fugitive list with a $25 million bounty. 40 bodyguards on-call 24/7, trained at Al Queda camps in car bombing tactics, hijacking, counterfeiting, and enduring torture.
- 3. Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...
's Bodyguards, LibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, AfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
– This leader who constantly receives death threats, is protected by a posse of 50 female bodyguards. Claims he wants to modernize Libya by promoting liberation for women especially in Arabic countries where women have no rights.
- 2. U.S. Secret Service, United States of America – Protects politicos in the U.S. and over seas. Keeps the president alive and safe at all times. These plain-clothed agents carry semiautomatic
A semi-automatic, or self-loading firearm is a weapon which performs all steps necessary to prepare the weapon to fire again after firing—assuming cartridges remain in the weapon's feed device or magazine...
pistols and concealed submachine gunA submachine gun is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I , but the apex of its use was during World War II when millions of the weapon type were...
s. Intensive training lasts 28 weeks where they run different scenarios, such as airport visits and assassination attempts. Agents must be prepared to be human shields by throwing themselves in the line of fire for a V.I.P. If an agent is mortally wounded, they must execute the "dead man's 10 seconds" (must return fire on enemies during their last 10 seconds of life before they die).
- 1. Kim Jong Il's Bodyguards, North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
, (AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
) – This leader recruits young high school kids for his bodyguards. They are given a number for their name and cut all ties to their family forever. Training: recruits wear bulky hazmatA hazmat suit is a garment worn as protection from hazardous materials or substances. A hazmat suit is generally combined with breathing apparatus for protection and may be used by firefighters, emergency personnel responding to toxic spills, researchers, specialists cleaning up contaminated...
suits while shooting targets resembling American troops. Anyone who gets too close to their leader has to "shoot first, ask questions later" even if its a mistake. If a bodyguard leaves, they are beaten close to death or in some cases killed.
Toughest Mega Vaults:
- 4. Antwerp Diamond Center, Antwerp, Belgium (Europe) – 15 diamond merchants got together to design this vault. Holds 70% of the world's diamonds, 3 ton steel door, can withstand 12 hours of drilling, 99 digit combo lock with over 100 million combinations.
- 3. WS3 Vaults, (series of vaults spread across Europe: Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, FranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Holland, ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, UK) – 249 WS3 vaults in Europe, NATO-maintained underground bunkers that houses nuclear warheads in reinforced 10–12 foot thick concrete walls. X-rayX-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays and longer than gamma...
and gamma rayGamma radiation, also known as gamma rays or hyphenated as gamma-rays and denoted as γ, is electromagnetic radiation of high frequency . Gamma rays are usually naturally produced on Earth by decay of high energy states in atomic nuclei...
proof making it withstand a nuclear blast.
- 2. Swiss Fort Knox
Swiss Fort Knox are two highly secured data centers under the Swiss Alps that are designed to provide "long-term access to our digital cultural and scientific assets".-External links:*...
, GstaadGstaad is a village in the German-speaking section of the Canton of Berne in southwestern Switzerland. Part of the municipality of Saanen, Gstaad is known as one of the most exclusive ski resorts in the world....
, SwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
– This $20 million safehouse hidden literally in the AlpsThe Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
was built by the Swiss Banking Services. Protects all the out-dated software and hardware technology in world. It protects people's ability to access outdated data formats. Basically, its one big backup. Protected by the Swiss army with a 3 1/2 ton front door of rock, a retina scan, a geometric facial scan, and even a nose and lip scan.
- 1. Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. It is located at 33 Liberty Street, New York, NY. It is responsible for the Second District of the Federal Reserve System, which encompasses New York state, the 12 northern counties of New Jersey,...
, New York City, New York (USA) – Underground vault built in bedrock 80 feet below street level. Holds 8,000 tons of gold (25% of the world's supply, worth $25 billion). Entrance is a narrow passageway cut through rotating steel cylinders weighing 80 tons. Guarded by an army of police with assault weapons.
Toughest Monks:
- 3. Carthusian
The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns...
Monks, Grenoble, France (Europe) – Catholic monks who dedicate their lives to sacrifice. Sleep on thin beds made out of straw and wear itchy horsehair robes to avoid sensual pleasure. Scourge themselves by whipping their body when physical pleasure or thoughts get the better of them. Live in freezing cold temperatures with only a small tin stove in their room. Only 5% of novices become monks.
- 2. Shaolin Monks, China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
(Asia) – Practice WushuChinese martial arts, also referred to by the Mandarin Chinese term wushu and popularly as kung fu , are a number of fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China. These fighting styles are often classified according to common traits, identified as "families" , "sects" or...
(Kung-fu) everyday. Fight to the death to protect their temple. Uses a variety of weapons: saber, staffA walking stick is a device used by many people to facilitate balancing while walking.Walking sticks come in many shapes and sizes, and can be sought by collectors. Some kinds of walking stick may be used by people with disabilities as a crutch...
, swordA sword is a bladed weapon used primarily for cutting or thrusting. The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or the geographical region under consideration...
, pitchforkA pitchfork is an agricultural tool with a long handle and long, thin, widely separated pointed tines used to lift and pitch loose material, such as hay, leaves, grapes, dung or other agricultural materials. Pitchforks typically have two or three tines...
, spadeA spade is a tool designed primarily for the purpose of digging or removing earth. Early spades were made of riven wood. After the art of metalworking was discovered, spades were made with sharper tips of metal. Before the advent of metal spades manual labor was less efficient at moving earth,...
, nine-section whipThe chain whip is a weapon used in some Asian martial arts, including Chinese martial arts, in addition to modern and traditional wushu. It consists of several metal rods, which are joined end-to-end by rings to form a flexible chain. Generally, the whip has a handle at one end and a metal dart,...
, and three-section staffThe Three-Sectional Staff, Triple Staff, Three-part Staff, Sansetsukon in Japanese, or originally Sanjiegun , is a Chinese flail weapon that consists of three wooden or metal staffs connected by metal rings or rope. The weapon is also known as a "coiling dragon staff," or in Chinese as a "pan long...
. 17-year-old trainees should be able to deflect a spear tip with his neck, carry a 2 pound weight from their groin, and sleep standing on one leg.
- 1. Tendai
is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism, a descendant of the Chinese Tiantai or Lotus Sutra school.Chappell frames the relevance of Tendai for a universal Buddhism:- History :...
Buddhist Monks (aka "Marathon Monks"), JapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(Asia) – They run to achieve greater enlightenment and become a saint. Run 1,000 day marathon which takes 7 years to complete. First 6 years, they run 25 miles a day for 100 days. Then in the 7th year, they run 52 miles a day for 100 days (equals 2 Olympic marathons back-to-back for 100 days). They run in straw sandals, only thing they stop for is for meditationMeditation is any form of a family of practices in which practitioners train their minds or self-induce a mode of consciousness to realize some benefit....
—no rest or eating. Each monk carries a knife on a rope called the "code of death", which is their duty to take their own life if they fail. Since 1885, only 46 monks completed whole running ritual—so they're 46 monks throughout the years. |
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Toughest Sniper Units:
- 4. Finnish Army
The Finnish Army is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces.Today's Army is divided into six branches: the infantry , field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, engineers, signals, and materiel troops.-History of the Finnish Army:Between 1809 and 1917 Finland was an autonomous part of...
Snipers, FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
– (1939 War with Russia)
- 3. Canadian Army Snipers, Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
– (World War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Middle EastThe Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
) Motto: "No warning. Sans remorse".
- 2. British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
Snipers, EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
– (Middle East)
- 1. U.S. Marine Corps Scout Snipers, United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
– (Middle East) Motto: "One shot. One kill". Weapon: McMillian Tac-50 w/ XM-33 armor piercing bullets.
Toughest Roads in the World:
- 4. Russian Federal Highway, Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
– (aka: "Highway From Hell") Remote 3,000 mile long road from MoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
to YakutskWith a subarctic climate , Yakutsk is the coldest city, though not the coldest inhabited place, on Earth. Average monthly temperatures range from in July to in January. The coldest temperatures ever recorded on the planet outside Antarctica occurred in the basin of the Yana River to the northeast...
in the Siberian wilderness.
- 3. North Yungas Road, Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, AfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
– (aka: "Road of Death") Begins in La PazNuestra Señora de La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of the La Paz Department, and the second largest city in the country after Santa Cruz de la Sierra...
with a 57 mile one lane road through the AndesThe Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
of blind curves and 3,000 foot drop-offs ending in CoroicoCoroico is a town in Nor Yungas Province, in the La Paz Department of western Bolivia.-History:Coroico Viejo was founded above the Kori Huayco River...
. For a safe passage, drivers pray to the goddess Pachmama by pouring beer onto road. 200-300 people die each year.
- 2. Trans-African Highway, Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
– 4,000 mile road through dense jungles which goes through dangerous areas: Democratic Republic of Congo where a civil war is raging and UgandaUganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
where rebels kidnaps children.
- 1. Kabul-Jalalabad Road, Afganistan – Zig-zaging through a narrow 100 mile road with jagged mountains, drivers without licenses, and children are used as traffic lights by holding a Coke
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
bottle for red stop light and a SpriteSprite is a transparent, lemon-lime flavored , caffeine free soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. It was introduced in the United States in 1961. This was Coke's response to the popularity of 7 Up, which had begun as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda" in 1929...
bottle for green light.
Toughest Cleaning Crews in the World:
- 4. Oil Spill
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is mostly used to describe marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters...
Cleanup Crews – exposed to chemicals that causes cancerCancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
and crude oil
- 3. Meth Lab Cleanup Crews – exposed to acids, metals, and chemicals used to make meth which causes organ damage leading to death.
- 2. Crime Scene
A crime scene is a location where an illegal act took place, and comprises the area from which most of the physical evidence is retrieved by trained law enforcement personnel, crime scene investigators or in rare circumstances, forensic scientists....
Cleanup Crews – clean up body parts, blood, and guts.
- 1. New Delhi Sewer Crews (New Delhi, India) – workers climb down into human waste of the 3,700 mile sewer system. 1,000 where killed in 7 years from fumes, gas, and raw sewer water.
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Toughest Fighting Style:
- 4. Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
, (JapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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- 3. Mauy Thai, (Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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- 2. Krav Maga
Krav Maga is a noncompetitive eclectic self-defense system developed in Europe that involves striking techniques, wrestling and grappling. Krav Maga is known for its focus on real-world situations and extremely efficient, brutal counter-attacks...
, (IsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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- 1. Defendu
Defendu is a modern martial art developed by William E. Fairbairn and Eric A. Sykes prior to World War II. It is a hand-to-hand combat system based on practical experience mixed with jujutsu and boxing that was developed to train the Shanghai Municipal Police, and was later taught in expanded form...
, (United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Toughest Miners:
- 3. Salt miners
- 2. Gold miners
- 1. Chinese
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
coal miners
Toughest Insects:
- 5. Dung beetle
Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on feces. All of these species belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea; most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae. This beetle can also be referred to as the scarab beetle. As most species of...
(Everywhere)
- 4. Golden orb-web spider (Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, AfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, AmericasThe Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
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- 3. Cockroach
Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattaria or Blattodea, of which about 30 species out of 4,500 total are associated with human habitations...
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- 2. Bulldog ant (Myrmecia
Myrmecia, often called bulldog ants, bull ants, inch ants, sergeant ants, jumper ants or jack-jumpers , is a genus of ants. Bull ants can grow to over in length, with the smallest species long...
), (AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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- 1. Japanese giant hornet
The Japanese giant hornet , is a subspecies of the Asian giant hornet . It is a large insect and adults can be more than long, with a wingspan greater than . It has a large yellow head with large eyes, and a dark brown thorax with an abdomen banded in brown and yellow...
, (Honshu, Japan)
(Wimpiest Insect: MayflyMayflies are insects which belong to the Order Ephemeroptera . They have been placed into an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which also contains dragonflies and damselflies...
(North AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
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"Prepare to get the creepy-crawlies when we show you the toughest bugs on earth--from a spider big enough to eat a bird to nuke-resistant cockroaches to hornets badass enough to decapitate bees! Then, meet the toughest miners, including salt miners who work without drinking water and Chinese coal miners who might not survive the workday. Finally, we count down the toughest fighting styles, including bone-crunching Krav Maga and a killing method that helped win World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Toughest Street Gangs:
- 4. PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital
Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC , is an anti-establishment Brazilian prison gang and criminal organization founded in 1993 by inmates of Taubaté prison in São Paulo...
), Sao Paulo, Brazil
- 3. Latin Kings, Chicago, Illinois
- 2. MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha
Mara Salvatrucha is a transnational criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles and has spread to other parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. The majority of the gang is ethnically composed of Central Americans and active in urban and suburban areas...
), Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
- 1. Mungiki
Mungiki is a politico-religious group and a banned criminal organization in Kenya. The name means "A united people" or "multitude" in the Kikuyu language. The religion, which apparently originated in the late 1980s, is secretive and bears some similarity to mystery religions. Specifics of their...
, Kenya, Africa
Most Punishing Military Training Courses:
- 4. British Royal Marines Commando Course, England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
- 3. U.S. Navy SEALs "The O-Course" (The Obstacle Course), Coronado, California
Coronado, also known as Coronado Island, is an affluent resort city located in San Diego County, California, 5.2 miles from downtown San Diego. Its population was 24,697 at the 2010 census, up from 24,100 at the 2000 census. U.S. News and World Report lists Coronado as one of the most expensive...
, USA
- 2. Chinese People's Liberation Army Training Course, Guangzhou, China, Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
- 1. Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz, Specnaz tr: Voyska specialnogo naznacheniya; ) is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally "force of special purpose"...
Training Course, RussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
Toughest Prison Breaks:
- 3. Antonio Ferrara
Antonio Ferrara was an Argentine professional football player. He also held Italian citizenship.His older brother Nicola Ferrara also played football professionally . To distinguish them, Nicola was known as Ferrara I and Antonio as Ferrara II.-External links:*...
Prison Break, Fersnes Prison, FranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
(May 1, 2003)
- 2. Kazimierz Piechowski
Kazimierz Piechowski is a retired engineer, a Boy Scout during the Second Polish Republic, a political prisoner of the Nazis at Auschwitz concentration camp, a soldier in the Polish Home Army then a prisoner for seven years of the communist government of Poland...
Escape, Aushwitz concentration camp, Nazi GermanyNazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
(June 20, 1942)
- 1. I.R.A.
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
Maze Prison Breakout, (38 inmates) The Maze Prison, Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
(September 25, 1983)
(Wimpiest Military Training: Italian Military PoliceThe police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
– features wine tastingWine tasting is the sensory examination and evaluation of wine. While the practice of wine tasting is as ancient as its production, a more formalized methodology has slowly become established from the 14th century onwards...
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