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The wild idea that the Titanic never really sank

the at the bottom of the ocean? No one is denying that a ship really sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic on 15 April 1912. Or that approximately 1 500 passengers aboard perished. However, there are some who suggest that the White Star Line, the ship’s parent company, pulled a fast one on the public in an insurance scam that ended up going horribly

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