Just when giant fish monsters thought it was safe for them to go back in the water
This
Week In History
August
7th, 1947 The Voyage of the Kon-Tiki ends after is struck
a reef and was beached on an uninhabited islet. Explorer Thor
Heyerdahl and a crew of six ended their Pacific Ocean Rafting Trip
when the raft struck the reef after traveling a mere 3,770 Nautical
miles.
Heyerdahl believe
that ancient peoples from south America could have settled the
Polynesian islands. So he built a raft out of period materials and
which means “Things I found on the ground that float for 500 Alex”
and went further than I've ever gone in my whole adult life. I've
turned down sex from women because they lived in a Geographically
inconvenient part of Brooklyn I LIVE IN BROOKLYN, and honestly do I
look like I can afford to turn down sex?
If she's in the yellow, Ima let her mellow
Most people would
write an academic paper and let it ride. But Thor Hyerdahl did the
equivalent of Galileo building a giant slingshot to launch himself to
the moon just to make sure his lunar calculations were correct. Or
Gregor mendel breeding terrible half man-beasts like some kind of
Island of Dr Morue to prove that his gene theory was correct.
No wonder he was interested in genetics, he looks like a cat person in a wig
The
best of this story was that he FLOATED ACROSS A PORTION OF THE
PACIFIC THAT WASN'T EVEN MAPPED. Remember the old maps that said Thar
be monsters here, because we hadn't explored that part yet? In 1947
he floated across Poseidon's taint. It's often forgotten but still
important part of the eco system.
Yeah, thats right, sail your boat riiiiiiiight there
The
o Kon-Tiki
is now on display in the Kon-Tiki museum in Bygdøy, near Oslo,
alongside Thor's Giant Bronzed balls.
Hey
did I just name the best cover band ever?
Move over King Oscar,
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