It Was Built By A Cereal Company, And Changed The Way We See Life Forever
Taking Videos of the Titanic was only its third greatest achievement
“The Bureau of Ships was skeptical about a Wheaties company designing a submarine. They really didn’t want to see this precedent set.”
— Engineer at General Mills Harold Froehlich, via Minnesota Public Radio
There are times in your life when you hear strange stories and inevitably wonder whether they’re true.
This might be the greatest example of this in history. But it’s more. Within one story, there’s many, nested in loops that are hard to believe. Yet, the group is true.
It takes place in a realm we think we’re familiar with and as a society we exploit to our benefit: the ocean. As a resource, it’s staggering what it produces. Not to mention its size.
- About ninety percent of all trade goes via ocean
- Fish is the primary source of protein for almost three billion people in the world, and accounts for twelve percent of the world’s jobs
- Seventy percent of the Earth’s surface is also covered by ocean
Despite its vast area, the volume of food it supplies, and its use as a trade highway, we don’t know much…
