The most incredible stories and assumptions are connected with the legendary sinking ship "Titanic". Many moments of the crash still remain a mystery. We bring you amazing little things and facts about the Titanic that you have never heard.
The full moon may have caused the iceberg to cross the ship
Scientists have come to the theory that the full moon months earlier could have been to blame for the collision, which killed about 1,500 people. Quoting astronomer Donald Olson of Texas State University-San Marcos, National Geographic's Richard Lovett wrote: “This full moon on January 4, 1912, may have created unusually strong tides that sent a flotilla of icebergs south - just in time for the maiden voyage "Titanic". This was the closest approach to the Moon since 796 AD, and the Earth will not see anything like this until 2257. " Iceberg theory aside, here are 9 more mysteries of the ghost ship.
Almost eleven "Titanics" can be built with the money that James Cameron's film scored around the world
The Titanic will cost about $ 195 million today, according to the California Science Center. James Cameron's Oscar-winning film Titanic has grossed more than $ 2.2 billion worldwide since its release in 1997, enough to build about 11 of these ships.
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Research says optical illusion prevented the ship from getting help
British historian Tim Maltin believes that the atmosphere on the night of the sinking created conditions that made it difficult for the crew to spot icebergs and other ships to spot the Titanic. Smithsonian magazine wrote back in 2012: "The atmospheric conditions in the area that night created conditions for super refraction," says Maltin. This unusual bend in the light causes mirages, which he discovered were captured by several ships in the area. He says this also prevented Titanic observers from seeing the iceberg in time and the cargo ship California from identifying and contacting the ocean liner.
Researchers completed a map of the crash site for the first time in 2012 using over 100,000 photographs taken by underwater robots
The Associated Press reported in early March that a team of researchers had completed "what is believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile field of titanic debris," a milestone that could lead to greater understanding of what happened when the ship sank on April 15, 1912. … “The expedition team used sonar imagery and more than 100,000 photographs taken by underwater robots to create a map showing where hundreds of objects and fragments of the alleged unsinkable vessel have landed,” AP correspondent Clark Canfield wrote. Although the site has not been fully mapped until now, the wreckage of the Titanic was first discovered in September 1985 by underwater explorer Robert Ballard.
The sold auction price for the Titanic final lunch menu was $ 88,000
TIME said the menu actually exceeded the auction house's expectations by $ 18,000. Abraham Lincoln Salomon, a New York businessman who was among a handful of first-class passengers who climbed into a lifeboat, grabbed a menu from the ship, reports The Associated Press. Another first class passenger, Isaac Gerald, signed his name on the back of the menu. It is possible that he has already eaten. The menu included fried lamb chops and smoked sardines.
More than 5000 other artifacts found
Wealthy collectors have relied on everything from silverware to diamond jewelry, CNN reports. The collection of items was valued at $ 200 million. Even the rights to save the ship are being sold. In fact, CBS News reports that the ship's nutcracker was sold for $ 23,000 in 2017, and the violin, owned by the leader of the Titanic Orchestra, brought in over $ 1.4 million at a 2013 auction.
In 1898, the sinking of the Titanic?
The plot of Morgan Robertson's book Futility or the Death of a Titan, published 14 years before the trip, bears a striking resemblance to the events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic. The book tells the story of Titan: “The largest ship ever built, declared 'unsinkable' by its British owners and the press, crashes into an iceberg one day in April and sinks. Due to the lack of lifeboats, more than half of the passengers are killed in the North Atlantic,”writes the Portland Press Herald of the book's plot. Sounds familiar? Since then, Futility has been renamed The Wreck of the Titan and is available for free on the Internet.
There was a cruise that repeated the experience of the Titanic
Exactly 100 years after the Titanic began its ill-fated voyage, in 2012 a memorial cruise sailed to Halifax, where many of the Titanic's victims died, and then arrived at the place in the Atlantic where the ship sank.
It is still one of the biggest local attractions
"Tragedy plus time equals tourism," one Titanic expert and guide told the Associated Press, and it's true! Titanic Belfast recorded its busiest year since opening a tourist attraction in 2012. More than 841,000 visitors have passed through it doors for 2017-2018 - and this is 13% more than a year earlier!
Fighting icebergs
The ships continue to fight the icebergs to this day. In 2011, one of them punched a hole in the hull of a Russian fishing boat cruising around Antarctica. The crew of 32 threw the cargo overboard to save the ship from sinking, awaiting rescue for almost two weeks.
Author: sonya_t Sonechka
