re: Jeremiah Denton, who blinked "torture" on TV as Vietnam POW, dead at 89

quote:

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"Fair winds and following seas"

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(fun fact to know and share...)

A following sea gives you additional thrust through the water, similar to a tail wind on an aircraft, but its also good for seasickness because it can make the back end of a poorly designed boat corkscrew.

Interestingly the 747SP had this same problem with tailwinds.