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Unknown Incredible facts about Titanic ship { One of Titanic’s funnels was fake Only three of Titanic’s four funnels were functional, the fourth was a dummy installed because it made the ship look more beautiful and was made into a ventilation shaft for the kitchen. time.com Interior of the Titanic The interior of the Titanic was modeled after the Ritz Hotel, with first-class cabins finished in the Empire style. A novel’s predictions In 1898, 14 years before the Titanic sank, a novel titled ‘The Wreck of the Titan’, was written about a fictional ocean liner that sinks due to a collision with an iceberg. In the book, the ship is described as being “unsinkable” and doesn’t have enough lifeboats for everyone onboard. telegraph.com Another ship nearby When the Titanic began sending out distress signals, the Californian, rather than the Carpathia, was the closest ship. However, the Californian did not respond until it was much too late to help. theguardian.com No one knows all those who died Although the official number of the dead on the Titanic was 1,503 (of the 2,208 on board, there were 705 survivors), over a hundred unidentified bodies were buried in Fairview Lawn cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia. usnews.com A surviving drunk guy Charles Joughin was the chief baker on the ship. After the ship struck the iceberg and began sinking, everyone was panicking. While this was happening, Joughin was busy drinking all the whiskey he could find from the ship’s liqueur storage to prepare himself for the cold water. historydaily.com Just miss Numerous people held tickets for the journey, but did not actually sail, including Milton S. Hershey, founder of the chocolate firm, Guglielmo Marconi, and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who died on the RMS Lusitania three years later. natgeo.com The iceberg The iceberg was around 100 feet tall and came from a glacier in Greenland. Only 37 seconds elapsed between the sighting of the iceberg and the collision. allposters.com Other facts Twenty-six of those on board were honeymooning couples. Musicians played for two hours and five minutes as the ship sank. insidearabia.com
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