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The fact of Titanic in history
1. Originally, a drill was scheduled to be held on board the day before the accident, but somehow, Captain Smith canceled the scheduled plan. Many people think that if the exercise had been held in advance, so many people would not have died.

2. From the time the lookout turned on the alarm to the time the Titanic hit the iceberg, the bridge officials only had 37 seconds to respond.

There is a newspaper on Titanic called Atlantic Daily Bulletin, which contains advertisements, stock prices, horse racing results, tidbits and daily menus.

700 passengers in the third class can only use two bathtubs.

When Titanic sent out the distress signal, Californians were closer than Cobb's Carpathian, but at 12:45 on the night of fate, the crew of Californians informed the captain that he had seen a strange fire, but the captain didn't deal with it and the radio operator was sleeping. They didn't find the signal until morning, but it was too late. ...

6. Titanic is actually a royal mail ship, and they have the responsibility to deliver letters for the British Post Office. The five postmen on board are responsible for 3,246 bags of letters, which is 7 million letters. Although none of these letters have been delivered, if any pieces of letters are found, the US Postal Service will try its best to help deliver them.

Hino was the only Japanese survivor on the Titanic (and the only Japanese on board), but after he returned to China, he was accused of being a coward because he didn't die with other passengers, and even school textbooks described him as a disgraceful model.

8. One day after the sinking of the Titanic, Le Monde and London Daily Mail wrote in a report: "The Titanic sank and no one died."

9. But a week after the sinking, The New York Times devoted a full 75 pages to reporting this incident.

10. The iceberg that caused the Titanic crash may have drifted slowly from the North Atlantic in BC 1000.

1 1. Is passenger Elizabeth on the plane? On the night of the shipwreck, Elizabeth Shutes couldn't sleep because of the smell of ice. She claimed that the smell reminded her of the ice cave she had been to before.

12. After the incident, investigations in the United States and Britain pointed out that the ship was too fast, and if it sailed slowly, it might be able to avoid the iceberg. Louise. Louise Barton refers to her grandfather, the second officer Charles? Charles Lightholler colluded in the trial and concealed his mistakes, fearing that it would affect the reputation of Platinum Shipping Company.

13. Two astronomers at the University of Texas found that the "super moon" may be the reason for the iceberg to move. The super moon occurred on June 4, 19 12 (the year when the Titanic sank), and the distance between the moon and the earth was the closest since 1400. The alignment of the moon and the sun caused huge waves, which made a large number of icebergs gradually move to the route of the Titanic.

14. There really is a sapphire on Titanic, which looks like "in the center of the ocean". This is a gift from Henry, an admirer of Kate Florence. 19 Kate fell in love with her 40-year-old boss. Henry abandoned his family and children and decided to flee to California to start a new life with her, but unfortunately Henry didn't get a lifeboat.

Later, Kate gave birth to a daughter named Allen. She said she still had the necklace and the key to the Titanic cabin.

15. Captain Edward? John? Edward john smith failed the naval examination for the first time, but after he finally passed, he won the title of "Captain Millionaire". Because of his good reputation, people in the upper class often ask him to take a boat by name.