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Aug 1998Estimated number of firebomb-wielding live bats that the U.S. considered dropping on Japan in early 1944: 1,000,000
Source:

Bat Bomb, University of Texas Press (Austin)

November 16, 2006A study found that people with vicious dogs, like pit bulls, have more criminal convictions than people who own nice dogs, like beagles and collies.
Source:

Reuters

November 23, 2004The management of a company with offices near the Clinton library asked its employees to leave their guns at home on the day of the library's opening.
Source:

Reuters

February 9, 2004A British company was selling MP3 players designed to be attached to Kalashnikov rifles; the player, which replaces the ammunition clip on the rifle, holds 3,000 audio books or 9,000 songs.
Source:

News.com.au

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