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Useless Information Podcast

Bat Bombs — The Other Secret Weapon — Podcast #002

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2008

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The fascinating true story of the development by the US government of incendiary bombs carried by living bats during World War II. One can't help but wonder if WWII would have ended differently if this weapon had been used. Also learn why a circle has 360 degrees in it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an airwave media podcast.

0:05.0

This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.

0:09.0

Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better like sneaking some chili into the gravy

0:15.3

for some extra oint or building a playlist that will even get your none up on the table

0:21.1

or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max. the new Samsung Galaxy

0:25.0

Christmas, Better with Pepsi Max.

0:27.0

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0:38.0

Take hands-free selfies which automatically sync to your Chromebook, ready to edit,

0:42.0

and access recent chrom tabs across both

0:44.7

devices.

0:45.7

The new Galaxy Z Flip5 and Chromebook, better together.

0:49.5

Available on Sky Mobile.

0:51.3

Bluetooth and Internet connection required. You must be signed

0:54.0

into the same Google account on both your phone and Chromebook. useless information.

1:09.4

Hi, I'm Steve Silverman and you're listening to a classic episode of the useless information podcast.

1:11.8

This particular episode is titled Bat Bombs The Other Secret Weapon

1:16.0

and it was recorded back in late December of 2007 and premiered on January 27th of 2008.

1:23.6

It was one of three stories that I recorded in the same day

1:26.2

with the anticipation of launching this podcast.

1:30.1

Now this story was originally told in my book

1:32.0

Einstein's Refrigerator and other stories from the flip side of history,

1:35.2

which just happened to be the number one most downloaded Kindle book back in July of 2011.

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