10 Amazing Facts About the Titanic

9. The remains of the Titanic was not found until 73 years later.

The wreckage has not been located until 1986 due to poor communication alerts in 1912. For decades, divers and explorers had been searching thirteen kilometres off course. In 1985, Robert Ballad, who was working for the US Navy at that time, was given funding in substitution for locating two sunken submarines. In September 1985, he used the fund to locate the Titanic; he followed a trail of debris and finally located the famous ship.

The hull of the ship, which weighed 15 tonnes and was 26 feet wide, was probably the largest ever recovered.

10. Artefacts

Many surviving artefacts from the Titanic is found in museums across the globe. There are over 300 artefacts from the wreckage like silverware, jewellery, and china. The Luxor, an artefact exhibition in Las Vegas, features the best known collection. The visitors are given a boarding pass as the visitors enter the exhibit. The name of the visitors is printed on the boarding pass as if the visitors boarded the ship on April 1912.

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