Oceans: they cover 70% of the planet, but what do we really know about them? Like what’s with all the salt, huh? And just what is the difference between a ‘sea’ and an ocean anyway?! I have questions!
Oceans: they cover 70% of the planet, but what do we really know about them? Like what’s with all the salt, huh? And just what is the difference between a ‘sea’ and an ocean anyway?! I have questions!
This one has a real doozy of a Stefan poem. I cut out a lot of us interrupting him with raucous laughter!
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[Truth or Fail]
Boat cloak
https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/boat-cloak-or-cloak-boat
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NENZC18511220.2.5
Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Halkett_Boat_Cloak.jpg
Water chair
https://archive.org/details/watercurejournal12newy/page/1/mode/2up
Images: https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/this-ridiculous-victorian-era-rocking-bath-wasnt-just-f-1515091109
Modesty barrel
https://www.messynessychic.com/2014/04/15/victorian-prudes-beachside-bathing-machines/
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-strange-and-wonderful-history-of-diving-suits-from-1262529336
https://devonassoc.org.uk/devoninfo/john-lethbridge-and-his-diving-machine-1880/
[Fact Off]
Pumice rafts
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145490/a-raft-of-rockhttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/dbnl-hxh052317.php
Albatross tracking system
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/31/albatross-marine-poaching/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Salty ocean
