Today, much of our knowledge of the Titanic comes
from the 1998 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and
Kate Winslet. While we may remember how tragic
this movie was (I know I do), it doesn't even hold a
candle to the real life tragedy of the event.
The Titanic was very, very real, and there's a lot to
learn about what actually happened on the night she
sank to the bottom of the ocean.
1. There was a Japanese survivor who escaped the
ship. But when he returned to Japan, he was
shamed, and told he should have gone down with
the ship.
2. One of the most emotional moments of the Titanic
film is when the band members continue playing to
calm down the passengers. And this ACTUALLY
happened. They played for hours after the ship hit
the iceberg.
3. If the iceberg had been seen only 30 seconds
before it was, and the Captain was notified, the
accident could have been avoided.
Just 30 more seconds...
4. Milton Hershey, a.k.a. the man who's behind one
of the greatest chocolate bars of all time, had
tickets to be on the Titanic, but changed his plans.
5. The four smokestacks that have become so
famous, and associated with the ship? The fourth
one didn't even work! It was totally just for
decoration.
6. More than half of the lifeboats on the ship were
not filled to capacity.
If they had been, many more lives could have been
saved.
7. Only one ocean liner in history has been sunk by
an iceberg: Titanic.
8. There had been a sort of life boat drill planned for
the day before the ship sank. It would allow
passengers to actually practice what to do in the
case of an emergency. It was cancelled.
9. The infamous iceberg that brought the Titanic to
her knees has been floating around since around
1,000 B.C.
10. The budget for the James Cameron film Titanic
was actually higher than the budget spent on
building the ship in real life.
WOW, Hollywood. Wow.
11. The chef was one of the survivors from the ship,
and his survival is credited to the amount of liquor
he drank right before going underwater, which kept
his body temperature up.
12. The Californian, another ship in the Atlantic that
night, was not very far from the Titanic. But the
communication to them was delayed, and they were
unable to rescue the many passengers.
Wow, what do you think guys.....
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