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The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Do Good Carefully

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Natural Sciences, Design, History, Arts, Science

4.8922 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Here's something you don't see everyday: parachuting cats. It did happen, though. In the 1950s, The Royal Air Force airdropped parakitties onto the Island of Borneo. Why would they do such a thing? Stick around and find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.6

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1:02.6

We're flying high with the 58th Airborne squadron of the Royal Air Force in a Blackburn

1:12.6

Beverly Transport Plain. Well, not too high, because we've got some cargo to drop. It's the

1:19.4

early 1950s, and we're on a special airdrop over the Sarawak region of the island of Borneo.

1:25.7

The Diak people have a problem, and the RAF is carrying the solution.

1:30.3

When we get above the drop zone, the giant clamshell doors on the back of the plane open and out goes the payload.

1:36.3

Not bombs, not food, not even tools or supplies.

1:41.3

As the long boxes slide out the back, you might even be able to hear the

1:46.5

hall as it falls. Cats. Dozens, maybe even hundreds of cats. Don't worry, they're equipped with

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