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TIL that despite common belief, Thomas Andrews did not remain in the Titanic’s smoking room until the end, as the steward who reported this story left the ship an hour before it sank. He was actually last seen at the bridge with Captain Smith, jumping off the bridge as it took its final plunge.

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