112 years ago today, the Belfast-built R.M.S Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. Of the 2,227 passengers on board, only 705 survived. Here are ten little-known facts about the ill-fated steamliner. Canceled Lifeboat Drill Originally, a lifeboat drill was scheduled to take place on boa...
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48. First to the South Pole 49. Other Earth-like planets 50. Dancing lights Additional resources Bibliography Did you know that our planet is rocketing around the sun at 67,000 mph? Or that it may once have been purple? Here are 50 facts about Earth. 1. We're the third rock...
In a free-market economy effective advertising is essential to a company’s survival, for unless consumers know about a company’s product they are unlikely to buy it. In criticism of advertising it has been argued that the consumer must pay for the cost of advertising in the form of ...
, Titanic was doomed from the start by a design that many lauded as state-of-the-art. The Olympic-class ships featured a double bottom and 15 watertight bulkhead compartments equipped with electric watertight doors that could be operated individually or simultaneously by a switch on the bridge....
William is in the center, Odo is on the left with nothing in his hands, Robert is on the right holding a sword, Public domain image via Wikimedia Commons 15 Feudalism Facts Below are 15 facts about Feudalism. The Feudal Period Began in the 9th century Feudalism Arrived in England in ...
The Sharjah Cricket Stadium layout is not like stadiums we find in the sub-continent. Fans here are very close to the action, as the distance between the boundary and the stands is short. Many players talk about how the atmosphere in the stadium is electrifying and how it motivates them to...
The youngest of 14 children, Celine joined her parents Adhemar and Therese Dion on the road when she was a baby. They formed a singing group called Dion's Family and toured Canada with the children and would later open a piano bar where Celine impressed customers with her singing voice when...
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September 30, 2015 -A first-class lunch menu from the Titanic is sold at auction for $88,000.Auctioned for $7500 was a letter to the man who allegedly bribed a lifeboat’s crew to row away from the disaster rather than rescue more people. August 2019 -The wreckage is visitedfor the f...