Did the Titanic REALLY Sink? | Red Thread
Red Thread
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🗓️ 22 November 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Luxury British Ocean liner, the largest ship of its time, the RMS Titanic, set off on its maiden voyage from South Hampton in England to New York City on April 10th, 1912. |
| 0:18.0 | There were approximately 2,224 passengers on board, and the ship cost 1.5 |
| 0:23.2 | million pounds to create, which is equal to 180 million pounds in 2023, which is equal |
| 0:29.2 | to I don't know what in real money. Nearly five days later, sailing at near max speed, |
| 0:34.5 | the Titanic struck an iceberg, which immediately caused fatal flooding. |
| 0:39.3 | Insufficient amounts of lifeboats and bad decisions ultimately led to one of the deadliest |
| 0:43.9 | peacetime sinkings of a single ship. Approximately 1,500 people on board died in the disaster, |
| 0:50.2 | which quickly became famous the world over. The event itself sparked international outrage and reforms in maritime safety regulations, as well as a hit blockbuster movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, but that isn't why we're here today. No, today on Red Thread, we're here to ask one simple question. Did the Titanic actually sink? The Yes, it did sync. |
| 1:38.4 | We know for a fact that it did sync. |
| 1:40.1 | Episode over. |
| 1:41.5 | Cut to the credits. |
| 1:43.7 | We've solved that, |
| 1:45.0 | that mystery. |
| 1:46.7 | Of course you suck. |
| 1:48.9 | That was a long 30 seconds. |
| 1:51.0 | Welcome. |
| 1:51.7 | Welcome, Jordan. |
| 1:52.8 | Big Titanic fan, |
| 1:54.1 | I'm sure. |
| 1:54.7 | Love the movie, |
| 1:55.7 | I bet. |
| 1:56.6 | Yes. |
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