German passenger airship LZ 129 explodes over New Jersey.

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[–]gunther1992 20 insightful - 4 fun20 insightful - 3 fun21 insightful - 4 fun -  (5 children)

"German passenger airship" I think most people know the name Hindenburg right?

[–]SaucyKarenFromReddit 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

thank the lord i'm not the only one that was worried the op didn't realize this is one of the most well known and most watched disasters in human history.

[–]AndrewG42[S] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Purposely avoided “Hindenburg” for a reason.

[–]gunther1992 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

why?

[–]DoctorsHateHim 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

To be a dick I assume.

[–]3xk_Nig_HanxXx 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

he was making a joke m8 it got over yalls head lol

[–]yetanotherone_sigh 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The interesting thing about that disaster is not how many people died. It's how many people survived.

There were 36 passengers and 61 crew aboard (imagine that today). 97 souls total.

Only 35 people on the flight died. There were 62 survivors. One person on the ground perished.

The reason this was so infamous and terrible was because of the fact that nothing like it had ever been filmed before. And the announcer was so dramatic about the description. "Oh, the humanity!" is a phrase that everyone knows. The film was widely distributed and watched for generations. Probably kids today haven't seen it because they aren't taught history like we were, but I would imagine that there are very few Americans that haven't seen the film or at least a photo in a history book.

[–]Reaper_Maximus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am a Led Zeppelin fan, and it is their debut album cover. They got the matriarch of the Zeppelin family to approve the name for the band, but she threatened to sue after she learned what they put on the cover.

[–]AndrewG42[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Saw a lot of new post rehashing old sheet 💩 So I did too. Happy 2020 🐀

[–]Noshoes 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Meanwhile Amelia goes to Scotland while Rudolf Hess flies around the globe.