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Listener Mail: Martian Helicopters, Quran Translations, Frightening Shipwrecks, and So Many Bad Jokes

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Lost Wrecks Are a Time Bomb

There are six thousand 338 world war two ships containing and estimated 25 million tons of fuel and oil still sitting in corroding tanks. The german ships mainly use synthetic oil produced from coal treated with hydrogen at high temperatures, which is more toxic than typical oil at the time. Off the coast of norway, approximately 800 feet below the surface, is the nots u boat u eight six four that was sunk by the british sub h m s venturer on february ninth, 19 forty five. It contained 65 to 67 thousand tons of mercury, 20 torpedoes and enriched uranium. Everybody knows it's somewhere off the coast of savada but no one has been able to find

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