• PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      The reason why the Hindenburg exploded like that was because they coated the fucking thing in what is essentially thermite. They doped those things with aluminum powder mixed with nitrate.

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      This image, right or wrong, is why hydrogen cars were never going to win. The public gestalt on how they thought of them mimics this photo.