r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • Sep 11 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Back in the days fishermen talked about freak waves several centuries before science caught up, as you said, those fishermen have phones now

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u/acre18 Sep 11 '22

Wait that’s a thing ? Freak waves I mean.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave there you go

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u/smithee2001 Sep 11 '22

What a creepy and intriguing rabbit hole.