The Titanic Disaster is the most famous maritime tragedy in history. Over 1,500 people died

after the giant luxury liner hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank to the ocean

floor over 100 years ago. But perplexing secrets and scandals about the steamer began to emerge

long after the worst was over.

With that, let's dive right in and take a look at some of the strangest facts about the Titanic.

You're listening. You're listening to be amazed.

It's no secret that the Titanic lived up to its name.

At the time, it was the largest seaborn ship of its kind,

dwarfing the longest ship of the day by more than around 100 feet.

In total, the Titanic measured in at 882 feet 9 inches from bow to stern.

It was 175 feet from keel to funnel top and had a gross registered tonnage of 46,328.

To put that in perspective, it could easily carry the water volume of over 52 Olympic-sized swimming pools inside it.

It also required 20 horses just to move one catching anchor during its construction.

And the ship needed two of them.

But what's fascinating are the ship's four famous funnels.

Why so fascinating? Well, this ship only had three furnaces,

meaning the fourth funnel was a fake. According to the records, it was only added to make the ship

look even more impressive. However impressive it looked, building the ship was far from an easy task.

It required over three million iron rivets during construction, but there

were many issues regarding iron supply shortages. It meant the company in charge brought in cheaper

alternatives to meet their schedule. The sub-quality iron rivets that were used were found

to be more brittle and prone to fracture. Steel rivets were also used, but only in the central hole where stresses were expected to be

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