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2. Smoke bomb - Wikipedia

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   The modern smoke bomb was created in 1848, by the British inventor Robert Yale. [citation needed] He developed 17th-century Chinese-style fireworks and later modified the formula to produce more smoke for a longer period. Colored smoke devices use a formula that consists of an oxidizer (typically potassium nitrate, KNO 3), a fuel (generally ...

3. Explosive rat - Wikipedia

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   Explosive rat. The explosive rat, [1] also known as a rat bomb, [2] was a weapon developed by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in World War II for use against Germany. Rat carcasses were filled with plastic explosives, and were to be distributed near German boiler rooms where it was expected they would be disposed of by burning ...

4. John P. Wheeler III - Wikipedia

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   On the 28th, in New Castle, a man matching Wheeler's description threw smoke bombs "typically used to exterminate rodents" into a house under construction across the street from his house. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] For the last three years, [ 9 ] Wheeler had filed lawsuits challenging the zoning approval for the house in a lawsuit, because the building ...

5. Rodenticide - Wikipedia

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   Typical rat poison bait station (Germany, 2010) Rodenticides are chemicals made and sold for the purpose of killing rodents. While commonly referred to as " rat poison ", rodenticides are also used to kill mice, woodchucks, chipmunks, porcupines, nutria, beavers, [1] and voles. [2] Despite the crucial roles that rodents play in nature, there ...

6. Mole (animal) - Wikipedia

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   Mole (animal) Moles are small mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have cylindrical bodies, velvety fur, very small, inconspicuous eyes and ears, [1] reduced hindlimbs, and short, powerful forelimbs with large paws adapted for digging. The word "mole" refers to any species in the family Talpidae, from the Latin word for mole, talpa ...

7. White phosphorus munition - Wikipedia

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   US Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider dropping a 100-pound (45 kg) M47 white phosphorus bomb on a Viet Cong position in South Vietnam in 1966. White phosphorus munitions are weapons that use one of the common allotropes of the chemical element phosphorus. White phosphorus is used in smoke, illumination, and incendiary munitions, and is commonly ...