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albene t1_ixtjdyr wrote

Reply to comment by Jupitair in TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair

This is fascinating. I first heard of maru from Star Trek’s Kobayashi Maru and it’s nice to learn the etymology of the term. TIL-ception

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