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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (9 children)

That particular one exploded because the US had an embargo against Nazi Germany for the much safer helium rather than famously combustible hydrogen

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do we even have enough helium to be using it in zeppelins though? I thought it was in shortage which is bad because it's needed for medical and scientific purposes. Like we shouldn't even be using it in balloons bad.

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The whole helium shortage thing was a misunderstanding that got blown up by the Internet.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Actually Helium doesn't blow up.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Except on the internet.

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