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It may seem like common sense for a ship to immediately release safety lifeboats upon hull breach. The Titanic, however, did not release its first lifeboat until an entire hour elapsed.

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Of the 2,223 people aboard the Titanic, 1,517 did not survive the collision with the iceberg. The ship was not even at full capacity -- it could hold more than 3,500 people.

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The first time the immense White Star liner made its way into the water was on May 31, 1911 in Belfast. It's estimated that 100,000 people, or roughly one-third of the population in Belfast watched the just over a minute-long launch.

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The Titanic measured 882 feet and 9 inches in length, making it the biggest vessel of its time. Today, the largest cruise ship is Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas, clocking in at nearly 1,200 feet long.

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The giant vessel cost $7.5 million to build in the early 20th century, which would be equivalent to $183.4 million today.

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Olympic, Titanic's sister ship was started 3 months before the Titanic. The Titanic is on the left. The ships were almost identical.

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The ship took 26 months to build. Construction crews used 3 million rivets to build the 26,000-ton hull, a combination of iron and steel.

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The ship's main anchor weighed 16 tons, or more than 30,000 pounds. Twenty horses were required to transport the anchor two miles from the casting site in the town of Netherton to the train station in Dudley in 1911.

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On Sep. 30, 2015, a private collector bought the Titanic's last first-class lunch menu in an online auction for $88,000. The collector paid $18,000 more than the initial maximum price.

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Controversy exists to this day as to how close the SS Californian was to the Titanic when it struck the iceberg. Californian Captain Stanley Lord testified that his ship was 19 to 21 miles from the stricken ship.

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Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) Titanic was the official name

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The RMS Carpathia transported the 700-plus survivors to New York and were met by 40,000 people.

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Three feature films have been made about Titanic: Jean Negulesco's “Titanic” was made in 1953, Roy Baker's “A Night to Remember” was made in 1958, and James Cameron's “Titanic” was made in 1997.

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Macy Department Store owners from New York, Ida and Isidor Straus, share perhaps one of the most heart-wrenching love stories of the Titanic. Ida refused to board the lifeboat without her husband, who turned down a spot offered to him knowing that women and children were still aboard. They perished together.

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Only 37 seconds are said to have elapsed from the time the iceberg was sighted until the Titanic collided with the iceberg.

Looking at the items on that menu I think I'd have starved to death long before the ship encountered the iceberg.

----Google the Mariner Theater in Marine City Mi. to see a museum based around an amazing 16 foot long model of the Titanic. The model is unbelievably authentic in every way as are all the models on display. This museum will blow your mind. I have taken many friends thru it over the last 4 or so years and every one of them came away stunned. The owner and funder of the museum and almost all of the models within unfortunately passed away last year, but his legacy is being carried forward. If you are anywhere near Detroit (Marine City is 50 minutes north) make sure to visit the Mariner Theater......Bill S

I am with you there, I would take a In-N-Out double double over that any day.:drool:

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Today we think nothing of seeing two drag racing cars leave the starting line after a brilliant flash of yellow or a sequence of yellow lights followed by a green instruct them to do so. The iconic “Christmas Tree” is as deeply engrained in the sport now as slicks, burnouts, and nitromethane. Such was not the case back in 1964. The Christmas Tree made its debut at the 1963 US Nationals

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Sportmanship award for Jim Dunn and Al Yates, the Green Mountain Boys with Linda Vaughn at the Patch in 1966.

Of course.

Dad had been racing several years before the tree was introduced.

He had pretty good success by learning the flagman's mannerisms. In one case, the flag man would look at you, look over at your opponent and then when he looked back at you the flag was going to drop. Knowing this allowed you a bit of a head start, enough to outrun one Jim Wangers on a couple of occasions.

He stated that when he first started hitting the tree he could cut it close enough that red light would come on - briefly - and then go back out.

Speaking of which - in 1956 when dad started racing at Central Michigan Dragway (formerly "Stanton" or "McBrides", now known as Mid Michigan Motorplex) - it was predominantly grass. There was a small paved pad to launch from after which you ran off into the grass portion of the strip.

It doubled as an airport so often racing was interrupted temporarily while a small plane would land and taxi out of the way.

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When the graphics on a video game are just so life like ... This is from one of the Forza games ... You can tell by the tires

I bought a 1954 Chevy in Jan, 1969. Had a set of these in the trunk. Luckily, there was no adhesive, so I never tried to install them.