The Unsinkable
The Titanic was known to be the toughest ship out there. It was labeled as unsinkable and indestructible. Obviously, that was sadly not the case, and appropriate safety measures and procedures were not in place.
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Lost Photos of the Titanic and The Stories Behind Them
The More You Know
- 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.
- It's a tradition in Ireland that if you donated a pint of blood, they give you a pint of Guinness to replace the iron.
- Little brown bats sleep more than any other mammal on earth.
- There's a Russian village where every resident is a tightrope walker.