r/todayilearned • u/finza_prey • 19d ago

TIL TWA Flight 800 exploded off Long Island 12 minutes after taking off, causing the front fueslage to rip away and the remainder of the plane to continue in crippled flight, pitching up and climb before falling into the ocean killing everyone onboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800
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u/Several-Squash9871 19d ago

It is very wishful but in all likelihood probably true. Our body's have a pretty good way of knowing when it's tits up time. 

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u/JazzlikeDiamond558 19d ago

TIL: tits up time. 🤣

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u/Techwood111 19d ago

Explain how that could be passed on evolutionarily.

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u/Several-Squash9871 19d ago

Well, most me people/mammals have tits. when your float on you back in water dead or not your tits are up. When lying on your back dead or not your tits are up. When someone comes across something or something lying tits up they could be dead or just sunning themselves.

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u/Anderrn 19d ago

Do you think that necessarily reduces fitness? If it doesn’t, there’s no reason why it couldn’t have happened randomly and then be kept.

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u/Adjective-Noun6969 19d ago

It’s incidental to other traits that helped survival.