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May 23, 2019 Titanic

107 #102: Titanic’s lookouts noticed a strange haze on the horizon before Titanic’s collision

True. Despite the night being one of the clearest in history, nevertheless several of Titanic’s lookouts testified to there being

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May 22, 2019 Titanic

107 #101: The wreck of the Titanic may one day be raised

FALSE (probably). The wreck of the Titanic really is a wreck, as Dr Robert Ballard discovered at 1.05 a.m. on

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May 21, 2019 Titanic

107 #100: RMS Titanic Inc now owns the wreck

FALSE. RMS Titanic Inc. does have ‘salvor-in-possession’ rights as a descendant of Titanic Ventures, which was the first to bring

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May 20, 2019 Titanic

107 #99: The British inquiry into the Titanic sinking was a whitewash

TRUE. Much of the horrific loss of life which occurred in the Titanic disaster could have been prevented if the

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May 19, 2019 Titanic

107 #98: Ismay developed a lifelong opiate addiction after the sinking and withdrew from society

FALSE. But he did withdraw from society to a large extent. In his book, A Night To Remember, Walter Lord

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May 18, 2019 Titanic

107 #97: The ship that sank was actually the previously damaged Olympic in an insurance scam that went wrong

FALSE. But it has nevertheless been suggested by one author that Olympic’s collision with the Navy cruiser HMS Hawke and

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