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[-] SCB@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Or guns! Without bat guano, gunpowder never would have been discovered, and non-guano-related source of saltpeter would likely never have been invented.

Especially relevant if you want to explain why your fantasy world never "inevitably" develops firearms - maybe bats never evolved, or maybe no one ever tried to make life-extending elixirs from bat poop and accidentally discovered bombs, as happened on our world.

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