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TIL: the Trieste, the deep sea submersible that dove to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Sixties, had a clever fail safe resurfacing capability. It held steel shot in open tubes with an electro magnet. In case of electrical failure the sub would resurface on its own.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste_(bathyscaphe)Published at
2023-06-24 06:34:12Event JSON
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