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Want to impress your friends with a little know fact

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Mickey7@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have no idea if this is a joke or not

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    • kiwifruit@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Funny, but not true. www.snopes.com/fact-check/brass-monkeyshines/

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      • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’d argue it is also not funny.

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      • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks, I was already thinking how the balls stay in place on a ship

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    • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t either please help

      I’m nearly 40 and a Beastie Boys fan so not knowing is killing me

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  • GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, this ain’t a real thing. Ships encounter waves and nobody is trying to dodge loose cannonballs while dealing with rough seas.

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    • Madison420@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Philadelphia

      alamy.com/stock-photo-1776-gunboat-philadelphia-i…

      Victory

      www.flickr.com/photos/stuartherbert/312977391

      Constitution

      …wikimedia.org/…/File:USS_Constitution_Cannonball…

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      • TseseJuer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        nice ball pics

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    • DeVaolleysAdVocate@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I agree that this is not secure enough for normal weather but they might have something this for staging when preparing to fight. I have no idea

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      • blackbrook@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have a really hard time believing the two metals differ enough in how much they contract in cold temperatures to make the balls pop out.

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  • HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I drink brass monkey and I rock well

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