How did this Japanese WWII sub end up in Texas?

RJ Hamster

2 years ago

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

In today’s newsletter, we discover a Japanese WWII sub deep in the heart of Texas, learn about the long buildup to the ‘sneak’ attack on Pearl Harbor, examine the latest hint of life on Mars … and address your hunger about hippos. Plus, take our latest photo quiz!

PHOTOGRAPH VIA U.S. NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMAND

It is one of the most striking artifacts from the attack on Pearl Harbor—a sleek, black, 76-foot-long, 40-ton Japanese submarine captured in Hawaii during World War II.

Now America’s first WWII trophy (shown above after it beached in the Pacific) sits deep in the landlocked heart of Texas. Wait, what?

How did this massive relic end up in the Texan hill community of Fredericksburg?

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WHERE WAS THIS PHOTO TAKEN?

PHOTOGRAPH BY @JAMES.RUSHFORTH

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

PHOTOGRAPH BY BILL BERRY, GETTY

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LAST GLIMPSE

PHOTOGRAPH BY TONY HEALD, NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY

HUNGRY, HUNGRY… Hippos may be herbivores—eating up to 110 pounds of grass each night—but they’re still one of the most dangerous animals in the world (above, a hippo in South Africa’s Kruger National Park). A hippo bite is nearly three times stronger than a lion’s and can cut a person in half with one chomp. Humans survive hippo encounters only 13.3 percent of the time.

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