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August 20, 2009
The Hindenberg
Life.com has a slideshow about The Hindenberg. I hadn't known that its fabric envelope was covered with "iron oxide and something called aluminum-impregnated cellulose acetate butyrate, or CAB -- an incredibly flammable compound that today is used in rocket fuel."
Posted by joke du jour at August 20, 2009 06:36 PM
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