# What a day in history!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 23, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367 "2012-01-23T04:38:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/1 "2012-01-23T04:38:20Z")
Tomorrow (01/23) is a tremendous anniversary.
Did you guys know that on this date in 1960, we actually went to the bottom of the Marianas Trench? For 20 minutes?
> **[Challenger Deep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_Deep)**
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> The Challenger Deep is the deepest known point of the seabed of Earth. Its depth is measured at 10,902–10,929 m (35,768–35,856 ft) by direct measurement from deep-diving submersibles, remotely operated underwater vehicles and benthic landers, and (sometimes) slightly more by sonar bathymetry.
> The Challenger Deep is located in the western Pacific Ocean, at the southern end of the Mariana Trench, near the Mariana Islands. According to the August 2011 version of the GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Fe...
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### Author:  [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/2 "2012-01-23T05:30:58Z")
Well that must have been just the first time. Heck, we’ve landed on the moon six times and it’s a couple of miles away. This is right in the backyard.
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### Author:  [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/3 "2012-01-23T05:54:11Z")
How many times have we been to the bottom of Mariner’s trench? How long? And when was it?
Enquiring minds want to know!
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### Author:  [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/4 "2012-01-23T05:55:24Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#):
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> Well that must have been just the first time. Heck, we’ve landed on the moon six times and it’s a couple of miles away. This is right in the backyard.
Yep, pretty sure we were there more than just once.
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### Author:  [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/5 "2012-01-23T07:22:07Z")
So, I’ve heard that we’ve been to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. What I need to know, though, is how long we were down there, and when this took place. Also, how many times did we do it?
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### Author:  [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/6 "2012-01-23T12:55:43Z")
The only manned descent was by the _Trieste_.
Three other unmanned probes followed.
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/7 "2012-01-23T15:56:48Z")
\*And \*it’s Franklin Panborn’s birthday! One of the great nellies of filmdom. “Merciful _heavens!_”
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/8 "2012-01-23T18:46:55Z")
Ah! they are 2000’s style SDMB memes.
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/9 "2012-01-23T18:48:08Z")
Ah! they are 2000’s style SDMB memes.
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/10 "2012-01-23T18:49:43Z")
Ah! they are 2000’s style SDMB memes.
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### Author:  [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/11 "2012-01-23T18:59:48Z")
What is down there?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/12 "2012-01-23T20:26:06Z")
I can’t hear you. I have Duran Duran’s “Rio” playing 'way too loud.
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/13 "2012-01-23T20:56:55Z")
The article did not mention whether they burned a dog and masturbated like a motherfuck while they were down there. Sorry. ☹
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/14 "2012-01-23T21:02:32Z")
They where looking for OG, wasn’t there.
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### Author:  [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/15 "2012-01-23T21:20:38Z")
What a technological feat! I have a couple questions about the equipment used:
Was an airliner and a treadmill involved at any point?
And did they use any scalar weapons by any chance?
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/16 "2012-01-23T21:36:19Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#):
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> What is down there?
Stuff that was thrown into quarries?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/17 "2012-01-24T00:42:10Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#):
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> Stuff that was thrown into quarries?
I’ve been noticing this meme lately. What’s it from?
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/18 "2012-01-24T01:19:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> I’ve been noticing this meme lately. What’s it from?
[Snowboarder Bo is going to the quarry](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=637351).
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-day-in-history/610367/19 "2012-01-24T03:05:46Z")
Ah, I see. Thanks.
Fortunately I have no quarry around here.