- During WWII the Scottish island of Gruinard was secretly used to test the feasibility of spreading anthrax in Nazi Germany by airdropping spores onto cattle farms. While the project was eventually abandoned, the island was left uninhabitable until 1990 https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240419-britains-mysterious-ww2-island-of-death 15 comments history
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