A strange true story...That history almost forgot to tell you.

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A strange true story...That history almost forgot to tell you.

1. "Mike," a headless chicken that lasts for 18 months (Miracle Mike):

In 1945, American farmers tried to kill chickens for cooking, but the axe did not cut off the aorta and the brainstem that controls the respiratory system. As a result, the chicken "Mike" survived without a head! So the owner raised it by esophageal fasting and took it to shows all over the country to become a legend.

Keywords: Miracle Mike the headless chicken

2. Operation "Spy Cat" $20 million (Acoustic Kitty):

During the Cold War, the CIA tried to turn the "cat" into a mobile wiretap by surgically implanting the microphone in the ear and the air line in the tail, and they spent over $20 million, but in the first mission to wiretap the Soviet embassy, the cat was immediately crushed by a taxi in front of the building, so the project collapsed.

Keywords: CIA Acoustic Kitty project

3. The outbreak of "Laughter" (Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic):

In 1962, in Tanzania, a group of students suddenly laughed nonstop, and it spread to thousands of people laughing until they were tired, crying, and paranoid. This condition dragged for months to shut down many schools. Scientists believed it was a "mass supply" of stress, but the pattern of laughter was the strangest.

Keywords: Tanganyika laughter epidemic 1962

4. The "molasses" floods hit Boston:

In 1919, a huge molasses storage tank in Boston exploded, causing a huge amount of molasses to pour out into waves over four meters high, hitting the city at 56 km / h. It was not as sweet as its name, because its toughness and weight killed 21 people, and the whole city was sticky for months.

Keywords: Great Molasses Flood 1919 Boston

5. Operation Cat Drop:

In 1950, in Borneo, there was a malaria epidemic, so WHO sent DDT to kill mosquitoes. The result was that mosquitoes died, but cats in the area ate lizards that accumulated toxins until cats died. When there were no cats, "mice" spread so hard that they destroyed crops and houses, the worst solution was that the British army had to "drop 14,000 cats into parachutes" to get rid of mice!

Keywords: Operation Cat Drop Borneo

"Sometimes the human solution...It seems to create a more funny and sad problem. "

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