1. The Titanic’s sinking killed more than half of its passengers.
The Titanic was carrying 2,224 passengers when it hit the iceberg, and more than 1,500 passengers lost their lives. That's roughly 67% of the ship's total population.
2. The remains of the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean will most likely disappear by the year 2030.
Iron-eating microbes colonized in the shipwreck have been slowly turning the ship's iron into rusticles (similar to icicles), which will eventually dissolve into powder that's carried away by the ocean's currents
Read Full Article »