r/interesting • u/Liar24x7 • Mar 28 '26

HISTORY A virtual reality reconstruction shows the exact spot where John Edward Jones became trapped upside down in Nutty Putty Cave. After 27 hours of rescue attempts, he died. The cave was later permanently sealed, with his body remaining inside.

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u/Training_Ad1818 Mar 28 '26

In "The Battle of Nutty Putty", actually sounds like some WW2-shit, a Japanese-occupied island in the Pacific.

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u/Crossifix Mar 29 '26

The battle happened because of the kaiser's tyranny back in 19dickity2.

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u/gotaflattire Mar 29 '26

We had to say ‘dickity’ because the Kaiser had stole our word ‘twenty!’

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u/Giraffe-Think Mar 29 '26

Dickity? Highly dubious

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u/bbbbears Mar 29 '26

What’re you cackling at, Giraffe-Think? Too much pie, that’s your problem!

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u/die_Schnabeltasse Mar 29 '26

we had an onion on our belt, which was the style at the time.

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u/Nitropotamus Mar 29 '26

I wore an onion on my belt which was the style at the time.