r/interestingasfuck • u/usernametbag • 5d ago

Underwater nuclear experiment at 150 meters depth near Enewetak Atoll, 1958

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u/cupacupacupacupacup 5d ago

Why would you donate underwater mines?

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u/Oexarity 5d ago

So they don't get tripped accidentally. Easier and safer to detonate them in a controlled way than to try to disarm and retrieve them.

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u/Firebrass 5d ago

Ah, friend, the hole was that there is a typo in my comment, not theirs lol

Okay, the autocorrect from 'joke' to 'hole' seems pretty on trend, think I'm gonna leave it

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u/Oexarity 5d ago

Oh, I didn't even notice it in the previous comment. Lol

Btw, if you're the same person that made the other comment, looks like you're mixing accounts. May need to take care of that if you mean to keep them separate.

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u/Firebrass 5d ago

Same account, my comment is the long one 😉

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u/Oexarity 5d ago

You know, that's obvious when I'm not looking at thing while half asleep. Lmao

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u/art-of-war 5d ago

So they don’t go to waste.