Bat Bombs | The Atom Bomb Saved Thousands of Bats

Things I Learned Last Night

Space Tim Media

Comedy, Education, History

4.6 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The bat bomb was one of the most unusual ideas to emerge from the World War II era. It mixed wildlife, explosive science, and creative military strategy. This unusual weapon did not gain fame, yet it reveals how far nations will go during war. Today, we can look back and learn from its wild history. Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today! Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tilln.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episode link: https://tilln.com/batbomb Support TILLN & Join The Mailing List: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/tillnpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch Chrome Dome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4EwVeOXf0k&t=558s Text TILLN to 66866 to become a patron and gain access to ad-free episodes, the exclusive discord, and earn discounts on TILLN Merch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey man.
0:00.6	What's up? What's going on? Hey, it's our 300th episode person baptized. That's what this is about. We get baptized 300 souls. At Tilling Church, we baptized 300 people this year. You sowed a seed on Patreon to make that happen. Thanks for happening. No, this is our 300th episode. We did it. We've been doing this for a while. We did it. It is our 300th episode. We did it.
0:20.9	We've been doing this for a while.
0:21.7	We did it.
0:22.2	It's our 300th episode. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. We're finally going to do it. But we're not going to tell you what it is. I'll tell you what it is. We're finally going to do it. We're going to kiss. We're going to kiss. Come here! Come here!
0:37.5	Come here!
0:38.5	Come here!
0:39.5	Come here. Come here.
0:38.5	Come here.
0:40.1	Come here.
0:41.3	Come here.
0:47.2	This week's sponsor is fantastic caverns.
0:52.6	What is so crazy is that they were testing these in the same desert in New Mexico.
0:53.0	Oh, yes.
0:57.6	They're out there and they're like, like, okay, it's really hard to do the calculations for this bat bomb when all those big, gigantic, never heard before booms are happening over there.
1:06.0	Things I learned last night.
1:14.9	10. learned last night. I don't want to talk about that.
1:17.6	I don't want to talk about what just happened.
1:25.7	We're a sloppy wet podcast, by the way.
1:28.8	Unforeseen.
1:29.6	That was unforeseen that sloppy wet.
1:31.5	It was bold.
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