Just As I Was Getting Over ‘Jaws,’ This Chart Freaked Me Out About Going Back In The Ocean

How can wool socks stay intact underwater for up to four years, but my iPhone dies the second I drop it into the toilet? We should have had that space jumper guy take all our trash up with him and leave it out of our oceans.

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Adam Albright-Hanna

Nov 2, 2012

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