1 Comment TIL about the Interstate TDR – an American remote-controlled combat drone used during WW2. by whatilearned May 18, 2022, 4:59 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
9 Comments All of the sudden, Mickey Mouse appears on every phone, computer, or TV and mutters, “execute Order 66”, which every Disney employee in the world responds to and is morphed into a mindless drone. What do you think their order is and what will happen? by QuestionGuy May 17, 2022, 2:35 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL The first human surrender to a robot occurred in the 1991 Gulf War. The US used UAVs (drone robots) to find artillery targets. Iraqi soldiers realized that the UAVs often preceded an attack strike. A Pioneer RQ-2A UAV flew over some soldiers who then raised white flags to surrender to the robot. by whatilearned October 26, 2021, 6:21 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL I learned that America had developed drone plane technology during WWI. The Kettering Bug was an experimental unmanned biplane, aerial drone torpedo, a forerunner of present-day cruise missiles. It was first tested 103-years-ago on October 2, 1918. by whatilearned October 2, 2021, 4:32 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TiL the Air Force was called to shoot down a runaway Navy drone over Los Angeles and failed. by whatilearned September 2, 2021, 8:36 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL that a herd of wandering wild elephants have become celebrities in China as they make a 15 month, 500 km odyssey from their forest reserve. Rather than capture them, the Chinese support their migration via drone monitoring and corn and pineapple food deliveries by whatilearned June 12, 2021, 5:40 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL that, in June 2020, a team of researchers in Japan used a drone that shot pollen-dusted soap bubbles to pollinate a pear orchard; 95% of the flowers bore fruit, which was the same success rate as hand-pollinating by whatilearned May 26, 2021, 6:55 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
13 Comments TIL that as Drone Bees mate with Queen Bees mid-flight, all blood in the Drone’s body rushes to his endophallus causing him to lose control of his body. After inseminating the queen, his body falls to the ground leaving part of his endophallus in the queen. by whatilearned April 13, 2021, 11:00 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments So your village just got drone striked by CopyPastaArchive April 10, 2021, 7:27 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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