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Science vs. Hollywood: Shark Experts Separate ‘Jaws’ Fact from Fiction
Released on June 20, 1975, Jaws chewed through the gritty, cerebral aesthetic of the “ New Hollywood ” of the late ’60s like it was a lone teenager taking a midnight swim—and left behind a thirst for ...
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The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-Class: The Best Battleships To Ever Sail
Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were the US Navy’s largest and last battleships, designed in the late 1930s with ...
How A Miscalculation Gave The Royal Navy A Dangerously Unstable Warship
During World War II, with British shipbuilders already taxed to their limits, one small error made an entire fleet of new ...
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They Blew Up a Submarine With Potatoes – WW2's Most Bizarre Defeat
In the dead of night off the Solomon Islands, the USS O'Bannon found itself just 100 yards from a Japanese submarine - far too close for conventional weapons. Commander MacDonald realized with dread ...
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South Bay History: Wartime sabotage was a major concern at defense plants, key infrastructure
Even before entering WWII, The U.S. had been gearing up for war — and were worried about sabotage at facilities around ...