The lookouts did not have binoculars, having binoculars might have prevented the disaster.

The Titanic sank 2 hours and 40 minutes after the collision.

July and August are the only two months when the weather permits expeditions to the Titanic wreck site.

It was customary to break a bottle of champagne on the bow of a boat when it was launched. But the launching of Titanic did not include this.

Many of the passangers should not have travelled with Titanic. But due to the coal strike, White Star Line was forced to cancel the routs of Oceanic and Adriatic and transfer the passangers and coal stocks to the Titanic.

Titanic featured four elevators, three in first class and one in second.

The consumption of coal per day was 825 tons.

Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.

A steward onboard the Titanic earned £3 and 15 shillings a month.

JP Morgan, the ship's owner, cancelled his trip right before it left Southampton. He was sick with the flue.

The 4 funnels were so big that 2 trains could go inside.

If placed upright, the Titanic would have been taller than any of the highest buildings of the age. A popular postcard of Titanic and Olympic compared them with famous builings.

For her maiden voyage, she carried enough food to feed a small town for several months.

Titanic had four Parole Suites, the most expensive cabins. Each was 50 feet in length. And two of them had their own promenade deck.

It took 23 tons of soap, grease, and train oil to make Titanic slide into water. It took sixty-two seconds.

Titanic was the first ship to have an elevator in second class.

The first class passangers would go to the top of the grand staircase on A-deck, even if their staterooms were located on another deck, and then go down to D-deck for dinner. The first class dining room was the largest room on the ship.

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