Mutant fruit flies created by radiation, would take over Earth within months

In May 1950, Whisper magazine warned its readers of humanity's impending doom — not from communism or atomic bombs, but from giant mutant fruit flies created in a Nobel Prize winner's laboratory.

"One of the most terrifying sights under the sun is that of billions of ants, in a solid column over a mile wide and several miles long, marching through the jungle in a ravenous quest for food, eating everything in their path, from leaves and grubs to animals," George Dempster wrote. — Read the rest

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