The Bat Bombs of World War II

In early 1942, the United States has just entered into World War II by way of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. President Franklin Roosevelt was ready to entertain any ideas for winning the war, no matter how crazy, from dazzle camouflage to building a nuclear weapon. One of the craziest ideas came from a Pennsylvania dentist who thought the military should deliver tiny incendiary bombs to the buildings of Tokyo by flying bats. Sure, it was a crazy idea, but even stranger was the fact that somehow it worked. (via Kuriositas)