Late_Settler@lemmy.catoToday I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca•Scandals/controversies that quietly disappeared
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1 year agoJust because they’re currently out of the 24hr news cycle doesn’t mean they’ve disappeared or don’t have an influence on current events. Actually I think half of them still regularly are the subject of articles. We still regularly see news stories regarding Taliban mismanagement of Afghanistan. Saudi financing of extremists and old prince bonesaw’s antics have definitely had an impact on relations with other nations and is likely the reason for their reconciliation with Iran recently. I think I just read an article last week about deforestation in Brazil. Same with stories about microplastics and ongoing research into that.
This picture is just an argument out of ignorance. Hardly surprising since it’s just some feels guy cancer.
Doing some searching online it seems the claim normally made is that all steel rivets wouldn’t have prevented the sinking but could have slowed it enough to allow more passengers to be rescued.
To provide a bit more context lower grade iron rivets were used because of supply shortages at the time. Higher quality steel rivets were still used for the midsection of the boat with iron rivets being used on the ends.