threwzsa t1_j1xgxmd wrote on December 28, 2022 at 2:58 AM

Reply to comment by Joe_Doblow in TIL Winston Churchill opposed the American use of napalm during the Korean war but still allowed Americans to publish claims of British support for American napalm attacks. by jamescookenotthatone

He was still in power, he wasn’t still in power consecutively.

He’s just goofing around with the way the word “still” is used in this context.

threwzsa t1_ixt40mo wrote on November 26, 2022 at 3:17 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] 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

Sigh

threwzsa t1_itrh078 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:33 PM

Reply to comment by surgingchaos in TIL that flight recorders must be able to withstand an acceleration of 3400 g for 6.5 milliseconds and that this is roughly equivalent to an impact velocity of 270 knots (310 mph; 500 km/h). by IchBinKoloss

I studied aircraft accident investigation in college. Fun fact, you can tell if a fire occurred on post crash or in mid air by analyzing which metals have melted and cross referencing their melting points to fire temperatures. Fires burn much hotter in air because the constant flow of oxygen.

Another fun fact. In prop airplanes you can tell if the engines were running at high speed vs if they running on low power based off the way the props are bent. If they are bent forwards then they were running at high speed at the time of impact and if they are bent backwards towards the aircraft then they were running at low speed.