4) Firing Bears At Supersonic Speed
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Yes, the American military really did fire bears out of jets at the speed of sound. The military’s simple problem was that their new planes could go super fast and they needed to find out whether an ejection at such speeds would be fatal. In a nutshell: it would. Poor bears.
I covered more about the bear blasting here if you want to read some deets. You sicko.
