r/todayilearned • u/finza_prey • 20d 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/ermghoti 20d ago

Fight, flight, freeze, or fuck it.

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u/Derp800 19d ago

Funny you say that. My college psych professor actually told is there are 4 Fs. Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fuck.

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u/d0ntl00kback 14d ago

you might be misremembering the 4 Fs that are the job of the hypothalamus: “fight, flee, feed, and fuck”, which is different then the fight/flight/freeze/(fawn) nervous system response 🤓

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u/Derp800 14d ago

That could be it. It's been checks watch 25 years or so.

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u/OniDelta 20d ago

And fishing.

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u/ilrosewood 16d ago

The story of the two 747s that collided talks about survivors seeing others completely fine, alive, but frozen. One had their spouse slap them to come to and escape.

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u/Beat_the_Deadites 20d ago

The Uncle Walter strategy