lemmyshitpost·Lemmy ShitpostbyMickey7 Want to impress your friends with a little know factView original on lemmy.world257Comments12
kkiwifruit replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesFunny, but not true. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brass-monkeyshines/68
AA_Union_of_Kobolds replylemmy.worldI don't either please help I'm nearly 40 and a Beastie Boys fan so not knowing is killing me21
GGrabtharsHammer lemmy.world6Hide 6 repliesYeah, this ain't a real thing. Ships encounter waves and nobody is trying to dodge loose cannonballs while dealing with rough seas.55
MMadison420 replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesPhiladelphia https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1776-gunboat-philadelphia-ii-replica-american-revolutionary-war-cannon-84022066.html Victory https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartherbert/312977391 Constitution https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Constitution_Cannonballs.JPG7
DDeVaolleysAdVocate replylemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesI 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 idea5
bblackbrook replymander.xyz1Hide 1 replyI 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.12
MMadison420 replylemmy.worldIt's a discredited theory yes. Shot could have been stored on a tray such as that but more often its on rails or wooden cutouts and only if they expect battle. And also yes it's unlikely to be so cold to differentially contract the metal.5
I have no idea if this is a joke or not
Funny, but not true. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brass-monkeyshines/
Thanks, I was already thinking how the balls stay in place on a ship
I’d argue it is also not funny.
I don't either please help
I'm nearly 40 and a Beastie Boys fan so not knowing is killing me
Yeah, this ain't a real thing. Ships encounter waves and nobody is trying to dodge loose cannonballs while dealing with rough seas.
Philadelphia
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1776-gunboat-philadelphia-ii-replica-american-revolutionary-war-cannon-84022066.html
Victory
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuartherbert/312977391
Constitution
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Constitution_Cannonballs.JPG
nice ball pics
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
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.
It's a discredited theory yes. Shot could have been stored on a tray such as that but more often its on rails or wooden cutouts and only if they expect battle. And also yes it's unlikely to be so cold to differentially contract the metal.
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