🔍 Ah yes, the classic tale of Flight 19—because who doesn't love a good #mystery cooked up from a technological hiccup? 🌐 Apparently, the real Bermuda Triangle was the browser settings menu all along. Spoiler alert: #JavaScript saves the day once again! 🍪✨
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-disappearance-of-flight-19-a-navy-squadron-lost-in-1945-fueled-the-legend-of-the-bermuda-triangle-180987759/ #Flight19 #BermudaTriangle #TechHiccups #BrowserSettings #HackerNews #ngated

The latest Historical Blindness Podcast on the #BermudaTriangle was fascinating. It asserts that many of the details often quoted about the disappearance of #Flight19 come from a fictionalised account of the event. Apparently, the official investigation reports none of the famously cited comments from the patrol leader who, incidentally, had twice before become lost & ditched his aircraft in the sea. The mysterious disappearance stories were apparently debunked decades ago, but the explanations aren’t as exciting as the thought of something otherworldly going on, so have received very little attention. As so often, rational, unexciting explanations don’t sell books or gain advertising interest for TV shows, so the more exciting, but probably incorrect, stories hold sway.
I must admit this is the first time I’d heard the alternative explanations.
#History