#World War II

Stories tagged “World War II” in the Weird Science History archive — 12 stories connected by this topic.

• The Inch-Long Shrimp That Drowned Out the Navy's Underwater Microphones — With a Bubble
• The Night-Fighter Ace Whose Secret Radar Got Blamed on Carrots
• The Wooden Flying Boat That Flew Once, for 26 Seconds — and Was Kept Ready to Fly for 29 More Years
• The Three Safes of Atomic Secrets That All Opened With the Same Number
• The Bomb Full of Sleeping Bats That Burned Down Its Own Air Base
• The Chemical That Sets Fire to Sand — and the Rocket Chemist Who Recommended Running Shoes
• The Rocket-Powered Wheel That Chased Britain's Admirals Into Barbed Wire
• The Aircraft Carrier Britain Tried to Build Out of Ice
• The Bomb Three Pigeons Were Trained to Steer
• The Movie Star Who Patented a Secret Weapon the Navy Rejected
• The Secret Rubber Substitute That Became Silly Putty
• The Warship That Never Actually Teleported to Norfolk

Related topics: #everyday objects #history of chemistry #hoaxes #Manhattan Project #materials science #patents