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TIL the SS Californian was within 15 miles of HMS Titanic the night Titanic sank. The wireless operator for SS Californian sent a message to Titanic that it was stopped and surrounded by ice, then turned off his wireless equipment and went to bed. Titanic collided with the iceberg 10 minutes later.

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