- On The Morning Of The Accident, A Lifeboat Drill Was Canceled - The lifeboat situation was pretty dire when the Titanic went sank. Some boats left early, with room for more passengers onboard, due to extreme panic and confusion. This could have been avoided if the scheduled lifeboat drill for that morning had not been canceled. It remains unclear clear why the drill was canceled.
- A Handwritten Letter From The Day Of The Accident Still Exists - After over 100 years, the last surviving handwritten letter composed on Titanic letterhead resurfaced for an auction. Esther Hart and her daughter, Eva, wrote a letter to Esther’s mother about the wonderful journey they were taking together on the Titanic. Although her husband was tragically killed that day, Esther and Eva survived. They kept the letter in the family for decades, until it went up for auction in England and sold for around $200,000 in 2014.
- All Of The Third-Class Passengers Shared Two Bathtubs - only two bathtubs served all 700+ third-class passengers.
- Three Dogs Made It Onto The Lifeboats - Although nine dogs passed away aboard the Titanic, three lucky pups somehow made it onto a lifeboat
- Only Around 340 Bodies Were Located - Searchers have only recovered 340 bodies since the Titanic sank, leaving 1,160 still lost at sea.
- Of 885 Crew Members, Only 23 Were Women - twenty-one of the women were stewardesses, and the other two worked as restaurant cashiers.
- The Last Survivor Died In 2009 - In 2009, the last living survivor of the Titanic died at the age of 97. Millvina Dean was only nine weeks old at the time of the sinking, during which she was placed in a canvas mail sack and lowered into a life boat.
- 13 Couples Were Honeymooning On That Fateful Voyage
- The Lookout Did Not Have Binoculars - If the lookout had access to binoculars, they may have been able to see the iceberg sooner and avoid the crash.
- A Woman Disguised A Man To Save Him - While waiting for the lifeboats, an unknown woman placed her shawl over 22-year-old Daniel Buckley, which ultimately saved his life. Buckley had gotten into one of the boats, but was ordered to exit because he was a man. As reported in Irish Central, Buckley later testified to the Senate: I was crying. There was a woman in the boat, and she had thrown her shawl over me, and she told me to stay in there. I believe she was Mrs. Astor. Then they did not see me, and the boat was lowered down into the water, and we rowed away from the steamer.
- Nazis Used The Disaster As Propaganda - In 1943, Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels made a “Nazi film” version of the sinking, simply called Titanic. It portrayed the disaster, only with a German officer as the “hero” of the film. The movie served as an attack on British society
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