• LeonineAlpha@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    In WWII, experimental weapons:

    Since cats reach their terminal velocity after just aprox 3 stories fall, and are therefore better than likely to survive a drop from any height…

    Allied Air Command recruited vets for the war effort, had them surgically plant incendiary bombs on timers in stray cats.

    They were then airdropped over German cities, whence they would hide in flammable refuse, as cats are wont to do.

    When the synchronized fuses later went off, multiple starting points created a massive firestorm, killing 10s of thousands.

    Meow