Lost Photos of the Titanic and The Stories Behind Them

The Iceberg Itself

This is the iceberg that sunk the Titanic. The day after it sank, a steward on another ship took a photo of the iceberg. The black mark on the side showcases where the Titanic made impact. 

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The More You Know

  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • The glass winged butterfly lacks colored scales, which makes its wings transparent and helps it avoid predators.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • Elephants comfort each other with chirps.
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