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DRScottt t1_jb2ps73 wrote

Reply to TIL that the Convair Model 118, a tentative flying car from 1947, was shelved because its prototype crashed when a test pilot mixed up the flight engine's fuel gauge with the road engine's and didn't see the former run out. While he survived, this killed interest in the project. by ShabtaiBenOron

They let a labeling error kill a project? It's probably better to quit then because of something so small would kill their spirit they were destined to fail, I gues

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MaelstromFL t1_jb2ha6g wrote

Reply to comment by pineappleshnapps in TIL The acuity of Aqaba in Jordan intentionally sank 21 tanks, anti-aircraft, and other military memorabilia to create an underwater museum for divers by Chc36

That was about 30 years ago, Here is the geos for anyone interested:

Item Latitude Longitude center location 27º - 40.600 N 082º - 51.750 W

concrete bridge material 27º - 40.750 N 082º - 51.767 W

200-foot steel deck barge 27º - 40.600 N 082º - 51.741 W

1 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.720 N 082º - 51.820 W

2 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.730 N 082º - 51.830 W

3 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.720 N 082º - 51.830 W

4 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.710 N 082º - 51.820 W

5 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.690 N 082º - 51.810 W

6 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.690 N 082º - 51.820 W

7 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.710 N 082º - 51.820 W

8 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.720 N 082º - 51.820 W

9 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.710 N 082º - 51.840 W

10 U.S. Army Tank 27º - 40.710 N 082º - 51.800 W

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kmosiman t1_jb19exo wrote

Reply to comment by Hiiipower111 in TIL Until 1921 the Colorado River did not flow through the State of Colorado. It took an act of Congress to “move” the river into the state by renaming the Grand River and adding it to the Colorado River. by triviafrenzy

Ok so the Mississippi-Ohio-Missouri river has 3 main branches. The Mississippi runs mostly North-south the Missouri runs from the West and the Ohio from the East all committed g together on the Illinois border.

The Ohio is the largest by volume so if you were an explorer finding a brand new river on the coast you'd trace the river up sticking with the biggest one every time there were 2 streams coming together. This would mean that the end of the "new" river would be the Ohio River.

Now depending on the time of year and recent rains this could get tricky because the Mississippi might be bigger than the Ohio at the convergence some of the time, but on average the Ohio is the bigger river where they merge.

If you traced the river and wanted to get the longest river you'd have to follow the smaller branch and trace it up the Missouri River.

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