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ELI5 Submarines - how the Titanic was a cover for a US Navy submarine mission


Season 1 Episode 343


If nuclear submarines can generate their own water and oxygen underwater, why do they need to surface at all? Why are submarine propellers always at the back, while airplane propellers are usually at the front? How did submarines and the US Navy play a part in the discovery of the Titanic?

... we explain like I'm five

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