garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoTIL that a French and British submarine collided in 2009. They both moved so quietly that they could not detect each other and accidentally happened to run into each other.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down11
arrow-up1219arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a French and British submarine collided in 2009. They both moved so quietly that they could not detect each other and accidentally happened to run into each other.en.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarestolid_agnosticlinkfedilinkarrow-up45arrow-down1·8 months agoThe ocean is fantastically huge. This had to have happened in some standard/used channels of travel for them to be close enough to each other. Amazing.
minus-squarepgp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoThe ocean is huge, but these countries are neighbors, it’s not like a Canada submarine colliding with a south African one…
minus-squarestolid_agnosticlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·8 months agoEven the English channel is vast in comparison to even the largest ships. It’s still ridiculously coincidental that this could happen.
minus-squarepgp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoI am aware, but it’s not “fantasticly huge” as the ocean. Of course it’s still a remarkable coincidence, just not as remarkable.
minus-squarebrianorca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoOr they were following the same Russian sub.
minus-squareSeabassDan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOf all the fishbowls in all the world…
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOf course, the Brits were on the wrong lane.
The ocean is fantastically huge. This had to have happened in some standard/used channels of travel for them to be close enough to each other. Amazing.
The ocean is huge, but these countries are neighbors, it’s not like a Canada submarine colliding with a south African one…
Even the English channel is vast in comparison to even the largest ships. It’s still ridiculously coincidental that this could happen.
I am aware, but it’s not “fantasticly huge” as the ocean. Of course it’s still a remarkable coincidence, just not as remarkable.
Or they were following the same Russian sub.
Of all the fishbowls in all the world…
Of course, the Brits were on the wrong lane.