THE TITANIC WAS DESIGNED TO HOLD 32 LIFEBOATS, THOUGH ONLY 20 WERE ON BOARD - WHITE STAR MANAGEMENT WAS CONCERNED THAT TOO MANY LIFEBOATS WOULD SULLY THE AESTHETIC BEAUTY OF THE SHIP.
THE TITANIC WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST SHIP TO USE THE "S.O.S." DISTRESS SIGNAL.
THE SIGNAL COMMONLY USED AT THE TIMES WAS "C.Q.D.": "COME QUICK DANGER".
THE TITANIC USED BOTH SIGNALS ON THAT FATEFUL NIGHT.
THE FIRST BODY FOUND FROM THE TITANIC WAS THAT OF A 2-YEAR-OLD BOY.
IT WAS FROZEN.
MOST OF TITANIC'S PASSENGERS DIED QUICKLY AND PAINLESSLY FROM HYPOTHERMIA.
THE ICY WATER'S TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME OF THE DISASTER WAS 28 DEGREES.
SOME OF THE BODIES WERE SO BADLY DECOMPOSED THEY WERE WRAPPED AND BURIED AT SEA.
THE REMAING BODIES WERE PACKED IN ICE AND IMMEDIATELY EMBALMED.
TOTAL BODIES RECOVERED: 306
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