What year was the first successful navigable submarine built? 🤿🚢 #1274
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Bonus: Which country transferred ownership of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999? 🇵🇦 |
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Cornelis Drebbel built the first navigatable submarine in 1620. Bonus: The US controlled the Panama Canal until 1977, then it was in a joint control by both countries until it was taken over by Panama in 1999. |
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The first successful navigable submarine was built by Cornelis Drebbel in 1620 while working for the English Royal Navy. On December 31, 1999, the United States officially handed the Panama Canal over to Panama's government, ending a long saga that had started a century and a half earlier. |
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Cornelis Drebbel built the first navigatable submarine in 1620.
Bonus: The US controlled the Panama Canal until 1977, then it was in a joint control by both countries until it was taken over by Panama in 1999.