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Only three of the four smoke stacks were actually functional. The extra one was just to make the ship look more impressive.

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There were only 20 lifeboats.

The ship was equipped to hold 64. Many of the lifeboats were sent out before they were full. There were 28 people on the first boat and the capacity was 65.

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Over 800 tons of coal were burned to power the ship every day.

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John Jacob Astor IV was the wealthiest passenger on board. He was worth over $90 million. That's over two billion dollars by today's standards when taking inflation into account.

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The youngest survivor died in 2009. Millvina Dean was two months old when she was on the Titanic. She lived to be 97.

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The above is not what was originally printed about the Titanic:

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The ship's remains are disappearing. There’s a rust-eating bacteria called Halomonas Titanicae that is slowly consuming the remains of the ship. It is expected to be completely gone by 2030.

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Captain Edward John Smith cancelled a lifeboat drill planned on the day of the sinking. Nobody knows why he called it off.

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The interior design was based on a London hotel. The Ritz in London's Piccadilly neighborhood loosely inspired the interior of the ship. The hotel opened in 1906 and is still operating today.

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The ship had its own newspaper. The Atlantic Daily Bulletin was printed and posted every night in the First Class Smoking Room

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Third class communal spaces had a simple, elegant feel. For example this smoking room included wooden benches and chairs, plus a titled floor. It's likely this image is from the Olympic.

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The idea of finding the ship was first raised in 1914. But it wasn't until July 1986 that Robert Ballard (pictured center with survivors Eva Hart and Bertram Dean) discovered the wreckage of the ship. He and his team had been photographing US submarines on a secret Cold War mission, and were allowed to search for the Titanic as a side project after the main job was done.

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Launched in 1938, the Graf Zeppelin was Nazi Germany's only aircraft carrier. At the end of WWII, the Soviet Union took control of the ship and used it for target practice.

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During the WWII Battle of Guadalcanal, the USS Juneau was sunk by a Japanese torpedo off the Solomon Islands, taking 687 people with it. Among the dead were the Sullivan Brothers -- five brothers from Iowa who fought together in the war. The Juneau was discovered in 2018 by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen using his research vessel, the Petrel.

Probably only worth $243,000 as soon as you drive off the lot.

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Cook's Garage on Route 66, Lubbock Texas

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Back in 1940, Henry Ford predicted a mass market flying car would be inevitable, but the concept has never got off the ground, and every attempt to invent a viable model has fallen flat and ended in failure.

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If parallel parking is your nemesis, you may be a little disappointed the five-wheel self-parking car never made it past prototype stage. The vehicle was developed by designer Brooks Walker in the early 1950s on behalf of Cadillac.

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A series of hydraulic pumps and gears would push out the fifth wheel from the rear, so the driver could rotate the back of the car and glide into the space with ease. Cadillac shelved the project but Walker carried on designing parallel parking systems into the late 1970s.

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The Mid-Engined 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Is Real, GM Confesses, and It Will Debut July 18

Yeah, feeling the bite of that. :tongue: :no:

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1 of 26 428 Ram Air 4-speed convertible Mustangs built by Ford in 1969. Formerly owned by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top

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Former Milt Robinson 1970 LS6 Chevelle SS454 convertible is again going to auction next month

Yes it is... https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0519-37...6-convertible/

Restored here in BC, beautiful car.

----I find it strange and hilarious that Milts beautiful LS6 has a tan rubber steering wheel dyed black. You can see the tan clearly in the pics. Small nit-pic but what happened there?.....Bill S

Weird...Also, they could have wiped off the engine compartment before shooting the pictures.... :)

----Thought the same thing, Bruce, but didn't want to sound like I was knocking the car. The paperwork shows the standard SS steering wheel, and it's an easy enough deal to correct. It certainly wouldn't deter me from bidding if I was so inclined...….Bill S

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The only 1970 Hemi Challenger R/T with a Sunroof.

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This Buick PR photo was taken in Paris, France where the new 1963 Riviera was introduced to the public