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In 1940, Britain had retreated back to their island fortress after being throttled in mainland Europe by invading Nazis. They would hide behind the sea and hope that their navy and air force could stop the possible German invasion of their island.
As the Battle of Britain raged on, the German and British air forces went head to head. Something strange happened, the Germans pulled of[sic] a series of highly effective night bombing raids. It's strange because night bombing was incredibly ineffective for the most part.
[...] This German bombing was much more effective than what the British could do at night. As a matter of fact, it was more accurate than what typical bombing could do in the day time.
Source: https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/england-was-almost-destroyed-by-radio-waves-df70830e8593
(Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Monday April 29 2019, @06:56PM
Does anybody else remember the GI Joe cartoon where they had to stop a blob that was growing out of control and eating everything in its path? They managed to poison it by shooting it full of apples from a nearby orchard. Apparently, the blob couldn't metabolize the amygdalin (pretty sure they glossed over the details), so it died and everyone was saved.
I think the show was entirely written as a vehicle to use the trivia that apple seeds are poisonous.
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