garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year 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-up1221arrow-down11
arrow-up1220arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarestolid_agnosticlinkfedilinkarrow-up45arrow-down1·1 year 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-down1·1 year 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-down1·1 year 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-up3·1 year 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-up2·1 year agoOr they were following the same Russian sub.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOf course, the Brits were on the wrong lane.
minus-squareSeabassDan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOf all the fishbowls in all the world…
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 course, the Brits were on the wrong lane.
Of all the fishbowls in all the world…