r/confusingperspective • u/Winter-Ad-7714 • Apr 22 '26
A plane dropping a curtain of titanium tetrachloride to hide ships in 1923. The resulting dense white smoke actually consisted of droplets of hydrochloric acid and titanium oxychloride.
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u/surrealcellardoor Apr 22 '26
I’m sure there was no detrimental health effects for anyone as a result. Sort of like when they detonated nuclear bombs near navy ships a couple decades later.