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TIL about wet-bulb events - when it’s so hot and humid that your body can’t cool by sweating. A wet cloth on a thermometer bulb normally cools it more than one without a cloth. But when humidity is very high, the wet- and dry-bulb temperatures are the same. This can ultimately be a lethal event.
u/Ribbitor123 avatar u/Ribbitor123
r/todayilearned - TIL about wet-bulb events - when it’s so hot and humid that your body can’t cool by sweating. A wet cloth on a thermometer bulb normally cools it more than one without a cloth. But when humidity is very high, the wet- and dry-bulb temperatures are the same. This can ultimately be a lethal event.
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TIL an attempt to free a German freighter from Somali pirates failed when the special GSG9 operators were housed at a hotel near Mombasa, alerting journalists and pirates to the presence of dozens of unusually athletic men, diving for minutes and plowing through the pool.
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r/todayilearned - TIL an attempt to free a German freighter from Somali pirates failed when the special GSG9 operators were housed at a hotel near Mombasa, alerting journalists and pirates to the presence of dozens of unusually athletic men, diving for minutes and plowing through the pool.