18 Comments what movie went way too overboard with CGI? by QuestionGuy October 17, 2022, 11:48 pm 5 Points Upvote Downvote
7 Comments TIL A line with knots tied about every 47 feet was attached to a “log.” The log was tossed overboard while the attached log line would continue trailing out from the ship. After 28 seconds the number of knots that had passed overboard was counted and the resulting number was the speed of the ship. by whatilearned August 9, 2022, 7:17 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL of the Zong Massacre, in which the crew of the British slave ship Zong threw 130 African slaves overboard, then tried to claim insurance on them by whatilearned April 11, 2022, 11:30 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL The Price is Right prizes in the late ’50s were some of the most overboard ever on television. Offering things like bulk amounts of food and livestock to new houses, property, company stocks, small businesses, a submarine, and even an island. by whatilearned April 11, 2022, 2:10 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL on December 28 1983, Dennis Wilson, co-founder and drummer of the Beach Boys, drowned at Marina Del Rey after drinking all day and then diving in the afternoon to recover his ex-wife’s belongings, previously thrown overboard at the marina from his yacht three years earlier amidst their divorce. by whatilearned November 30, 2021, 1:59 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL In 1969, amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst secretly abandoned the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race while reporting false positions to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually doing so. His boat was found unoccupied; it was presumed that he committed suicide or fell overboard. by whatilearned November 15, 2021, 11:57 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL during the Battle of Bomarsund in 1854, Charles Davis Lucas tossed a live Russian artillery shell overboard before it exploded. He would be awarded the Victoria Cross and ultimately ascend to the rank of Rear Admiral before retiring in 1873, dying in 1914 at the age of 80 by whatilearned November 14, 2021, 2:38 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
12 Comments TIL 1781 after misnavigation, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw over 100 slaves overboard because cargo purposely jettisoned at sea to save the remainder was eligible for insurance compensation. by whatilearned October 25, 2021, 2:33 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL that a sister ship to EVERGIVEN was the one which lost a container overboard in 1992 and is responsible for the Friendly Floaties, thousands of rubber ducks which wash up on beaches all over the world by whatilearned March 27, 2021, 4:00 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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