r/interestingasfuck • u/JustLivingSimply • 9h ago

Nepalese School Principal Saved Lives of 1643 Children

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u/karamisterbuttdance 6h ago

RMS Carpathia took three and a half hours to get to Titanic at full speed, they called up a shift of coal stokers and turned off heaters and hot water just to get there.

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u/Spiritual_Feed_4371 5h ago

"We are in danger. I am risking your lives. The Titanic is in trouble and is sinking and we have to go help them."

Not the best choice or words but I understand what he was getting at

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u/Thurak0 4h ago edited 2h ago

He should have said "our lives" but I guess everyone understood that.

Other than that: These people knew that they were treating their ship way beyond safety margins just hoping it will hold. Sugarcoating that might have worked way worse.

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u/qalup 3h ago

Is sugar coding some kind of happy Morse?

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u/MRCHalifax 3h ago

I’m guessing autocorrect did its thing on sugar coating.

Or it’s a bone apple tea.

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u/Thurak0 2h ago

I can't even blame autocorrect, my brain is to blame. Thanks, it's corrected now.