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Did you know that if the people on the Titanic would have stuck mattresses against the scratches the Titanic would of made it. Did you know that there were 13 couples on the Titanic on their honeymoon. Did you know that only 12 people were in one of the lifeboats when it could hold 72. Did you know that the Titanic was carrying more than 2,200 people and 1,500 drowned. Did you know that the Titanic was traveling too fast for the known ice conditions. It rammed the iceberg at 22 knots (25 mph). Did you know that the large loss of life was caused by failure for the Californian to see the distress signals and an insufficient number of lifeboats. Did you know that the Titanic was found in 1985 by U.S. and French explorers. Did you know that all three anchors weighed 31 tons. Did you know that there were 35,000 eggs on board for the passengers and the crew. Did you know that the Titanic was 882 ft., 8 in. or 268 m. long. Did you know that the Titanic had 3560 life jackets and 49 life boys. Did you know that Titanic's maximum speed was 23 knots. Did you know that titanic consumed 14,000 gallons of fresh water a day. Did you know that the rudder on the Titanic weighed just over 100 tons. Did you know that there were about 12,000 dinner plates on board Did you know that it probably took 15 min. for the the Titanic to reach her final resting place, which means she sank at about 10 m.p.h. Did you know that first class bathtubs had both cold and hot water with both fresh and salt water. Did you know that one of the rumors is that Captain Smith committed suicide shortly before the ship sank, and another is that Captain Smith did survive the crash and spent his last days on the great lakes. Did you know that the Titanic had 900 tons of luggage aboard. Did you know that the 7 scratches on the ship were 1/2 an inch wide and 7 feet long. If you know some other interesting facts about the Titanic that we can paste on our site please sign our guestbook or E-mail us at 5493@advanced.org
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