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ANZ8l TIL that the Titanic was not the first ship of it's production line. With the Titanics sister ship, the Olympic (which was only 3 inches shorter and 1000 tons lighter than the Titanic), having already served as a successful cruise liner for a whole year before the Titanics fateful maiden voyage.
d8Zlj TIL the musicians scene in Titanic was based on real events- all 8 musicians continued to play as the ship sank intending to calm passengers and all went down with the ship.