January 24, 2025
The last RMS Titanic survivor died in 2009. She was two months old when she escaped on a lifeboat in 1912.
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Did Anyone Really Think the Titanic was Unsinkable?
You probably know the story of the great irony of the Titanic. The ship hailed as “unsinkable” sank after it struck an iceberg on its very first trip across the Atlantic Ocean. In hindsight, it seems almost silly that anyone would assume that a ship weighing more than 50,000 tons (when fully laden)
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