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A Surgeon With 300% Mortality Rate From a Single Operation and Other Historic Screwups
Everybody has made a mistake or two - or twenty. Fortunately – and sometimes unfortunately, because some mistakes actually make things better – the odds of making a mistake as monumental as…
American History
The Heartbreaking Truth Behind the Iconic Death Scene of the Elderly Couple on ‘Titanic’
We all remember the scene. As the incongruously dulcet soundtrack of “Near My God to Thee” stoically played by Titanic’s…
Disaster
The North Atlantic Tragedy: 8 Surprising Facts About the Sinking of the Titanic
The sinking of the Titanic in the early hours of April 15 1912 is an event with which almost everybody…
Disaster
Today in History: The Titanic Sinks (1912)
Around midnight on April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and began to sink. The Titanic might be one…