FALSE. There is no evidence that any mummy was ever put on board the Titanic. The mummy tale, in a
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107 #10: A worker was accidentally sealed into Titanic’s hull when she was under construction in Belfast
FALSE. Although stories of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ship, the Great Eastern, suggest that this myth may have originated there, where
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107 #8: The Titanic disaster was predicted 14 years before it happened by writer Morgan Robertson
TRUE. In his 1898 novella entitled Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan, Robertson told the story of a ‘superliner’
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107 #7: Titanic’s owners opposed the addition of more lifeboats, in order to give passengers more room on the promenade decks
TRUE. The White Star Line knew that the Board of Trade was about to change the regulations, and they thought
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107 #6: Titanic: Regulations stated that there should be enough lifeboats for everyone on board
FALSE. Before the Titanic disaster, lifeboats for all were not required on passenger liners, in cases where these ships were
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107 #5: Titanic’s owners were trying to save money in her construction, causing them to cut corners on quality and safety
FALSE. The Olympic-class was the White Star Line’s answer to the revolution in shipbuilding brought by Cunard with the Mauretania
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