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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/zahrul3 on 2025-01-23 03:21:34+00:00.

Original Title: TIL huge rogue waves were dismissed as a scientifically implausible sailors' myth by scientists until one 84ft wave hit an oil platform. The phenomenon has since been proven mathematically and simulated in a lab, also proving the existence of rogue holes in the ocean.