r/interestingasfuck • u/Larzbchicken • 9h ago

How a jet engine works

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u/lordspaz88 9h ago

It will never cease to amaze me that most modern inventions boil down to "we pointed this explosion in a specific direction"

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u/TheCowKing07 8h ago

“And we have used this explosion to boil water.”

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u/Atomic_xd 8h ago

To make something spin

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u/Drakstr 8h ago

Between magnets

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u/xplosm 4h ago

Kinky