s38b35M5@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agoFrench frigate Méduse (1810) - Incompetent captain leaves 147 souls to their fate on an improvised raft for eight days, after which cannibalism ensued, and only 15 remained aliveen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkFrench frigate Méduse (1810) - Incompetent captain leaves 147 souls to their fate on an improvised raft for eight days, after which cannibalism ensued, and only 15 remained aliveen.wikipedia.orgs38b35M5@lemmy.world to Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squaremo_ztt ✅@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoYou’re not fooling. On the eighth day, the fittest decided to throw the weak and wounded overboard, leaving just 15 men remaining, all of whom survived another four days until their rescue on 17 July …
You’re not fooling.
Woah. Now I’m going to have to read it.