Did they find bones on the Titanic?

We've seen pairs of shoes, which would strongly suggest there was a body there at one point. But we've never seen any human remains.”
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Were there skeletons found in the Titanic?

— People have been diving to the Titanic's wreck for 35 years. No one has found human remains, according to the company that owns the salvage rights.
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What happened to the skeletons of the Titanic?

What happened to the bodies? 125 of the bodies were buried at sea, due either to their severe damage, advanced decomposition, or a simple lack of resources (lack of enough embalming fluid). 209 other bodies were transported for burial in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Were any bodies recovered from the Titanic?

After the Titanic sank, searchers recovered 340 bodies. Thus, of the roughly 1,500 people killed in the disaster, about 1,160 bodies remain lost.
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Is the iceberg from the Titanic still there?

That means it likely broke off from Greenland in 1910 or 1911, and was gone forever by the end of 1912 or sometime in 1913. In all likelihood, the iceberg that sank the Titanic didn't even endure to the outbreak of World War I, a lost splash of freshwater mixed in imperceptibly with the rest of the North Atlantic.
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Can you scuba dive to the Titanic?

You cannot scuba dive to the Titanic due to its depth at 12,500 feet. Air consumption: one standard tank lasts 15 minutes at 120 feet. Supply for 12,500 feet would be impossible to carry even with a team. The deepest dive on record with special equipment, training and a support team is 1,100 feet.
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Is Rose from Titanic still alive?

Answer: Yes, she died on Mar 12, 1998 at the age of 105.
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How many dogs survived the Titanic?

More than 1500 people died in the disaster, but they weren't the only casualties. The ship carried at least twelve dogs, only three of which survived. First-class passengers often traveled with their pets.
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Were there sharks when the Titanic sank?

Sharks may have been in the ocean when the Titanic sank, but none of the survivors reported seeing them.
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Can you see Titanic on Google Earth?

Simply head to the Google Maps app and type in the following coordinates: 41.7325° N, 49.9469° W. Numerous attempts to find the Titanic wreckage were put forward without success.
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Did Jenny the cat survive the Titanic?

Many vessels kept cats to keep mice and rats away. Apparently the ship even had an official cat, named Jenny. Neither Jenny, nor any of her feline friends, survived.
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How many babies died on the Titanic?

Of the 109 children traveling on the Titanic, almost half were killed when the ship sank – 53 children in total. 1 – the number of children from First Class who perished. 52 – the number of children from steerage who perished.
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Did rats survive the Titanic?

They included dogs, cats, chickens, other birds and an unknown number of rats. Three of the twelve dogs on the Titanic survived; all other animals perished.
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How many rats were on the Titanic?

Charles Pellegrino estimated the rat population on a ship the size of the Titanic to be 6,000, but I guess the vessel was too new for the beasties to have procreated to their full potential. Pellegrino also gives figures of up to 350,000 cockroaches and 2 billion dust mites.
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Was Jack and Rose a real story?

You probably already knew that Jack and Rose, the main characters in the 1997 movie Titanic, weren't real. Like all films “based on a true story,” the movie added its own fictional elements to historical events.
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Is there a real heart of the ocean?

The Heart of the Ocean in the Titanic film is not a real piece of jewellery, but is hugely popular nonetheless. The jewellery is, however, based on a real diamond, the 45.52-carat Hope Diamond. The Hope Diamond is one of the world's most valuable diamonds; its worth is estimated at around 350 million dollars.
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How cold was the water when the Titanic sank?

The temperature of the water was -2.2 degrees Celsius when Titanic was sinking.
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Who owns Titanic wreck?

People have been diving down to the Titanic's wreckage for around 35 years. But so far, no one has found human remains, the company that owns rights to the wreckage says. Now the company, RMS Titanic Inc., is planning for a new expedition that is raising concerns.
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Can the Titanic ever be raised?

After several trips back to the drawing board, it turns out that raising the Titanic would be about as futile as rearranging the deck chairs on the doomed vessel. After a century on the ocean floor, the Titanic is apparently in such bad shape that it couldn't withstand such an endeavor for various reasons.
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How deep was the Titanic pool?

The swimming pool on the Titanic was 6 feet deep. The depth was constant throughout the pool and it was usually filled up between the 5 and 6 ft mark to allow for some movement. Titanics Swimming pool was 30ft long, 14ft wide, by modern standards, this was quite a small cruise ship pool.
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Do ships still hit icebergs?

Thanks to radar technology, better education for mariners and iceberg monitoring systems, ship collisions with icebergs are generally avoidable, but the results can still be disastrous when they occur. "These things are very rare. It's one of those risks that are low frequency but high impact.
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How did they not see the iceberg?

The second study, by British historian Tim Maltin, claimed that atmospheric conditions on the night of the disaster might have caused a phenomenon called super refraction. This bending of light could have created mirages, or optical illusions, that prevented the Titanic's lookouts from seeing the iceberg clearly.
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How big was the Titanic compared to ships today?

Modern cruise ships are, on average, 20% longer than the Titanic and twice as high. The average Royal Caribbean cruise ship is 325 meters long, 14 decks high and has a gross tonnage of 133,000. In comparison, the Titanic was only 269 meters long, 9 decks high, and had a gross tonnage of 46,000.
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Were there any babies born on the Titanic?

Emilio Mangiavacchi - daughter Maria Emilia born later in 1912. William Moss - Daughter Wilhelmina Frances born late 1912. William McQuilan - daughter Gertrude Willelmina born 20 November 1912. Karl Olsen - son Charles Ernest born shortly before or just after the disaster.
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