100 Fascinating Titanic Facts

A titanic list of Titanic facts in honor of the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Erin, who has seen the 1997 Titanic film more times than a person should probably admit, shares everything you could want to know about the Titanic, from who was on board to what they ate to how they did (or didn't) manage to survive.

You'll learn facts about the Titanic disaster, the media it inspired, and the real-life plans for a Titanic II. This titanic fact list (or is that Titanic fact list) covers just about everything you'd want to know about the Titanic.

[tessat]

At one of the Titanic exhibits, I read a newspaper from a briefcase that had been recovered from the debris field. The paper was from Southampton and was dated April 9, 1912. The front page had the story of a stoker from the Titanic who had snatched a lady's purse. The stoker was taken up by the police and given 30 days in the local lock-up and was to miss the sailing of the Titanic. This impulsive act almost certainly saved his life!

[julesstephenson]

A year or two before I lost the majority of my vision, I was lucky enough to see the titanic exhibit at the Ontario science center. It was incredible to see just how well preserved things like paper money or after all that time. I also love the fact that the admission tickets to the exhibit were modeled after titanic boarding passes with the names and information of real passengers. There was even a third class room set up, and a first class room set up so we could get an understanding of the accommodations.

[joewilson]

22:15 Raise the Titanic was also a 1987 board game where you raced to basically loot the sunken ship and get home with the ships log so you can sell it. It did have one clever element. The ship was on a column in the center of the board, and as you looted the weighted items from the ship it actually rose off the board.

[Miss_Kisa]

Honestly thought I'd find tasting history in the comments considering he's doing titanic month 😅

[mizusenshisongs]

I went to an exhibit of Titanic artifacts in 2012. At the beginning they gave you a replica ticket with the name of an actual person who had been onboard on it, and then at the end you could compare it to a list to see if they survived or not. (Kinda creepy I know...they did something similar when I went to the U.S. Holocaust Museum). Seeing the artifacts was really cool though. I wish I could've taken pictures but I think it wasn't allowed.

As someone who had long been interested in the Titanic, it was really fascinating to me. Though I'm not sure how I got into it as I've never actually seen the 1997 movie (for some reason I remember my parents not letting me, though they deny this), though I was obsessed with the theme song ("My Heart Will Go On") at the time. One of these days I need to block out time to finally watch it.

[AndrewPonti]

As a Marylander, I WANNA know what "Chicken a la Maryland" is!! Also making a film about a tragedy 29 days after is the DEFINITION of "TOO SOON"!

[simonsaysism]

Shortly after this video was published, there was an announcement in Halifax, Canada (the city mentioned in this video a few times as being close to the disaster site) about a new attraction to be developed here - some kind of Titanic-inspired waterfront hotel, with 1st- and 2nd-class accommodations modelled after those on the ship, and other on-site attractions like a 3D theatre, Titanic exhibit, and I think an aquarium. It caused quite a lot of talk here, as we're not a huge city and don't have very many gimmicky attractions like that. But barely a week later it was announced to be no longer going forward. I wonder what the story was there.

[Duvnal]

My favorite piece of movie trivia, and definitely a not-so-fun fact, is because of scheduling at Studio Ghibli the films "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Grave of the Fireflies" were completed and released at the same time, and were played as a double feature in many theaters in Japan. Talk about emotional whiplash!

[debbylou]

Fun fact! The ships owners billed the musicians families for the uniforms that were worn

[Dillon-]

The fact I have that I regret knowing of:

"Degloving" as a medical term.

[laurenh]

As an Australian hearing Clive Palmer called a visionary made me do a double take. He bought his way into politics so he could spread his bigoted racist views, who has been called extreme by some of the most right wing racist politicians in Australia

[StaffordshireTravelAdventures]

22:50 I always Thought A Night to Remember 1958 Film was the Greatest Historical Titanic Film Ever, Most Historically Accurate Titanic film The Ship Didn't Split in to 2 pieces but they hadn't found Titanic it in 1958.

[martymccrudden]

There was a genuine headline in a small Scottish newspaper when the news broke - "Local man dies at sea".

[nickjames]

I had the chance to see the Titanic exhibit at the phx science center I have always been fascinated by the story of the titanic for some reason but to get chance to see some of the stuff that was recorded was absolutely amazing

[MrMotchel]

Thanks for doing all the hard & diligent research so I can just absorb information I trust 👍🏼🙏🏼

[jaythesolid]

@24:42 At first I thought she said "rabid" dog... yeah, rapping is worse.

[cfx]

This video is great, but just hearing "tripping your eyes out on checkerd chowder" would have been enough on its own lol

[lucyfuir]

In 1986 we took a class trip to Woods Hole Massachusetts and Ballard was there and we got to see the Titanic through Jason the sub robots camera

[johnstevenson]

I've seen a few artifacts. The most notable was one of the deck chairs that people are always metaphorically rearranging.

[lonerChise]

My most cursed learned fact is that one about beaver glands "natural flavoring"
i think everyone knows that one by now, which does not make it any less cursed