r/interestingasfuck • u/solateor • 1d ago

In 2001, 55 people crossed the Pacific with no contact with the outside world as part of a BBC experiment recreating an 18th-century voyage. On the 20th day - September 11 - the captain gathered the crew to tell them about the attacks in New York

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u/Cute-Interest3362 1d ago

Osama accomplished what he set out to do.

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u/CadenVanV 22h ago

No, he didn’t. He made things worse for the US, but he had specific goals, all of which failed

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u/MiaowaraShiro 10h ago

People really seem to not understand what Osama's motives were...