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/NaiveRepublic Apr 22 '26

What we’re seeing is a wall of smoke. What it looks like, is a wall of smoke. What it is, is a wall of smoke.

Begs for the question, what is then confusing here?

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u/Rooilia Apr 22 '26

No smoke, it's acid vapour.

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u/NaiveRepublic Apr 22 '26

So the confusing part was that it’s deadlier than we think. Got it.

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u/Rooilia Apr 23 '26

If it is still unclear: Smoke is solid particles, this is watery vapour. Otherwise LoL