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Old Apr 21, 2013 | 9:23 pm
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msit
 
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Originally Posted by FlyingDiver
You sure about that? That would be about 4psi times the surface area of the container, which could easily be 40in^2 or 160 pounds pressure to open it. Or something like that, I'm too lazy to do the calcs right now.
Now this is getting interesting

Turns out I opened my other watertight box while in the air too, but I'm probably just going to wait that one out instead of breaking. Also stuck, so it's definitely the pressure.
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