Answers. Best Answer: The invention of the minie ball, coupled with the invention of the rifle-musket, allowed for faster shooting and more devastating injuries.The minie ball is shaped like the modern bullet, and shatters on impact.The musket ball, round and circular, would not fracture inside the body, making it easy to pull out. Other important inventions were the Gatling gun, the repeating rifle, and ironclads.he musket ball, round and circular, would not fracture inside the body, making it easy to pull out. Other important inventions were the Gatling gun, the repeating rifle, and ironclads.
Billy Bob Thornton Is Scary Good as âFargoâsâ Bad Guy. The actorâs turn as a ruthless killer on a rampage that stains Minnesotaâs snow-white landscape blood red proves why heâs Hollywoodâs most reliable bad guy.
Willie T. Stokes(Thornton) works the holiday seasons as a mall Santa with his dwarf friend, Marcus(Tony Cox), who works as Santa's elf. In reality, he is a drunken, foul-mouthed, perverted, crooked Santa who is also a con-artist and a common criminal. He is also Vietnam War vet, who grew up with a drunken, abusive father who was as much of a crook as he is. Not only is Marcus in on the same burglary racket, but so is Marcus's wife Lois(Lauren Tom).