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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

Errant bats from the experimental bat bomb set fire to the Carlsbad Army Airfield Auxiliary Air Base in New Mexico.

[–] pubquiz 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Reading the wiki is akin to reading a Monty Python dialogue script. Unbelievable.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So next Thursday 'what animal did the u.s. want to use to bomb Japan?

Based on your username

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Leave it to humans to achieve cruelty beyond imagination, and then continue to surpass it wherever possible.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

With each passing day, the world finds new and exciting ways to kill a man.

[–] sturlabragason 9 points 3 months ago

Each article linked is as sad and disturbing as this one 😓

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago
[–] dantheclamman 3 points 3 months ago

The "See also" section makes me a bit bummed to be a human.

[–] ThePyroPython 2 points 3 months ago
[–] Jondar 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The Fat Electrician on YouTube has a great video on the history of this. In general he has a bunch of great videos in various weird interesting military history.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Now that's some creative thinking

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I didn't know bat baths were that big, but good for them, and self care in general

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

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