FALSE. However, due to an unfortunate coincidence of names, this story has persisted, probably partly because of its connection with
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107 #25: ‘Molly’ Brown was treated with condescension by other first class passengers because she was ‘new money’
FALSE. James Cameron’s 1997 film gave the impression that the majority of First Class passengers were boring and narrow-minded snobs
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107 #24: Captain Smith was drunk at the time of the collision
FALSE. Although it is true that Captain Smith had attended a dinner party earlier that evening held in his honour
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107 #23: Crucial ice warnings never made it to Titanic’s bridge because the wireless operator was too busy and tired
PROBABLY TRUE. The night before Titanic’s collision, her wireless operators, Jack Phillips and Harold Bride, had spent six hours repairing
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107 #22: Captain Smith should have slowed down for ice
TRUE. But in clear weather, and only if he had actually seen ice in his path and determined that it
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107 #21: Titanic was trying to take the shortest route to New York at the time of the accident
FALSE. She was, in fact, on the longer route to New York, known as the southern track, which was agreed
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