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find a man who sparkles ✨ (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Bats also have explosive poop. The crystals in bat poop make for great fireworks and gunpowder

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

True story! In Bracken cave with millions of bats, they used to mine for guano to supply the confederacy with gunpowder. Got to see it last summer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I, too, have seen Doctor Stone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I haven't. Should give it a watch I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if your need more convincing and don't mind mild spoilers,

The ability to make gunpowder from bat poo is recognised as dangerous by the antagonist, so he tries to keep the protagonist (who knows how to make guns) away from access to bat poo. The protagonist exploits this to gain the upper hand. Because there are military technologies far more dangerous than guns that he knows how to create, and misleading his enemy can only help.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks. It's on my queue now.

I found the bat facts when I was looking up the history of fireworks.