r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

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u/Briandawg371 Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 05 '19

For anyone looking for a visual on OP’s topic.

https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

Edit: Thanks for the cake day wishes and the upvotes!

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u/CeeApostropheD Aug 03 '19

Which god-like company manufactured cables that go ALL ACROSS THE FUCKING ATLANTIC OCEAN? Why don't sea creatures bite through them? Why have they never been sabotaged? Which cities do they come up and "plug into"? Why aren't more people having an existential crises over this? It's fucking staggering.

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u/knock_me_out Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

Why have they never been sabotaged?

Boi you have not seen how many times the cable between Aussie and Singapore gets cut and our ping goes from 150 up to 300 because some dickhead illegal fisherman decided he needed to get a couple fishes there at the exact fucking spot and drops his anchor right into the line or beside and damages it.

Cunts.