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So what is the ‘largest’ waterfall? Surprisingly, it is not on land at all, but located underwater, below the ocean’s surface.

The irony is that while battlecruisers are gone, in a way, they are still with us today. Here's What You Need to Remember: There is no free lunch in warship design: You can have armor, firepower or speed, but not all three, and armor was the trait that was sacrificed. "There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today," said Admiral Beatty as he watched his battlecruisers blow up one by one at the Battle of Jutland. The words were classic British understatement, but 3,000 dead sailors were ample evidence that something was indeed wrong with the vessels that were neither battle...

Bismarck hit the bridge of Prince of Wales. Although it did not explode, it killed several key personnel, and for a short period disrupted command of the ship. The British Admiralty Board of Enquiry into the loss of the battlecruiser HMS Hood, presided over by Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake, concluded, “The sinking of Hood was due to a hit from Bismarck’s 15-inch shell in or adjacent to Hood’s 4-inch or 15-inch magazines, causing them to explode and wreck the after part of the ship.” Director of Naval Construction Sir Stanley Goodall, however, found this conclusion unsatisfactor...

可能有人会觉得很好奇，这海水下面还能有瀑布吗？但事实的确如此，在丹麦海峡，冰岛与格陵兰岛之间，就有这么一个水下瀑布，从接近海面的地方一下子深入海底数千米，其落差达到了3505米，比陆地上最高的瀑布要高出数倍，再加上瀑布的水来源又是无穷无尽的海水，所以这个瀑布的水流量也极大，达到了每秒500万立方米的水平。 可能有的人不懂这一落差和其水流量的概念，要知道目前全球最高楼哈利法塔也就是八百多米，想象一下超过4座哈�...

The Battle of the Jutland shows why battlecruisers were not a good idea. They were a half-measures that couldn't fit in either class and couldn't take their punches.