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The Chinese Army has been training…

October 4, 2020Weirdo

The Chinese Army has been training 10,000 pigeons to provide support to the military’s communications in the event that war renders its modern technology unusable. The pigeons, flying at speeds of up to 75 miles (120 km) per hour, are being trained to carry loads of up to 3.5 oz (100 g).

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A man “walking oddly” in Baltimore…

April 23, 2018Weirdo

A man “walking oddly” in Baltimore in 1989 was stopped by police. He was found to have 21 live homing pigeons stuffed in his trousers.

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During WWII, a research program tried to…

December 1, 2016Weirdo

During WWII, a research program tried to train pigeons to guide missiles. Pigeons would follow the image, pecking at it, which would move the screen on its pivots. The program was shutdown, with the lead researcher stating:”Our problem was no one would take us seriously.”

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The Coast Guard trained pigeons to assist in finding…

December 20, 2015Weirdo

The Coast Guard trained pigeons to assist in finding people lost at sea. They sat in a dome attached to a helicopter, pressing a lever after spotting life preservers or debris. They had a 90% success rate in initial trials.

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Hangleton Manor, the oldest secular building in Hove, England, has a cursed…

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015Weirdo

Hangleton_ManorHangleton Manor, the oldest secular building in Hove, England, has a cursed dovecote reputedly haunted by ghost pigeons.

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Because birds such as pigeons have a much higher…

October 22, 2014October 22, 2014Weirdo

pigeonBecause birds such as pigeons have a much higher threshold for detecting movement, they would likely see a movie shown at today’s industry standard frame rate as a series of flashing slides

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Psychologist B. F. Skinner got pigeons to repeat strange “rituals”…

July 13, 2014Weirdo

Psychologist B. F. Skinner got pigeons to repeat strange “rituals” by dropping food into their cage at random intervals — the birds associated their actions before the treats with reward, and demonstrated superstitious repetition of those actions.

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Carrier pigeons beat internet upload spe …

July 11, 2012Weirdo

Carrier pigeons beat internet upload speed as late as in 2010. They actually sent pigeons over with USB sticks the same time they started uploading a video over broadband and the pigeons won.

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The world´s first tanks where so loud i …

April 11, 2012Weirdo

The world´s first tanks where so loud it was impossible to communicate via radio, instead they used carrier pigeons.

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Pigeons never forget a face. If you chas …

November 15, 2011Weirdo

Pigeons never forget a face. If you chase one away, it will remember you and avoid you in later encounters.

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