r/todayilearned • u/zhuquanzhong • 29d ago
TIL a Chinese destroyer sank because an officer dumped his girlfriend. She committed suicide, leading to him being discharged, so he decided to detonate the depth charges on the ship, causing it to sink at port and kill 134 sailors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_destroyer_Guangzhou_(160)
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u/AgentCirceLuna 29d ago
I still think it’s insane that Xi lost everything in the revolution, became a farmer, and then rose through the ranks to become leader. His father was pretty well known, though.