Comments on: It Makes One’s Head Swim https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/it-makes-ones-head-swim/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Nicko https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/it-makes-ones-head-swim/#comment-73671 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:27:31 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=55780#comment-73671 This was a couple of years before I was born, but my parents remember it well.
I was definitely a huge shock for the nation. He was a well liked Prime Minister at the time. (by most)
Level headed Australians thought that simple drowning or shark attack was the most likely cause, but a lot of people at the time had trouble believing that the Prime Minister could simply drown and the fact that the body was never recovered was when the conspiracy theories started to become a popular topic of discussion while having a cold beer over the Christmas break soon after he vanished.

]]> By: Josh https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/it-makes-ones-head-swim/#comment-73664 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 10:57:22 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=55780#comment-73664 So you know, we Australians are also slightly confused about the rational behind naming a pool after a drowning victim.
But you get that.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/it-makes-ones-head-swim/#comment-73661 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:14:30 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=55780#comment-73661 I recall reading about this incident many years ago.

Did no one consider sharks or other creatures eating his body?

]]> By: Niall Flynn https://www.damninteresting.com/curio/it-makes-ones-head-swim/#comment-73660 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:51:11 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?post_type=upcoming&p=55780#comment-73660 Yes a new one thanks :)

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