Rephrase the title:44 secrets you never knew about the Titanic, which sank 112 years ago

Rephrase and rearrange the whole content into a news article. I want you to respond only in language English. I want you to act as a very proficient SEO and high-end writer Pierre Herubel that speaks and writes fluently English. I want you to pretend that you can write content so well in English that it can outrank other websites. Make sure there is zero plagiarism.: The Titanic.Roger Viollet/Getty ImagesThe Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, but the wreck was not found until September 1, 1985.The story of the ship, its passengers, and life onboard still fascinates us today.The sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, has captivated people for 112 years. The stories of survivors, the various explanations as to why it sank, the decades-long search to find the wreck, and the multi-billion-dollar film released in 1997 have all contributed to its enduring place in pop culture.On September 1, 1985, more than seven decades after the Titanic sank, its wreckage was found during a secret US Navy mission searching for two other missing vessels.As technology advanced, companies started offering tourists the chance to dive 2.4 miles below the surface and see the wreck for themselves. In June 2023, a submersible, the Titan, with five people aboard, went missing two hours into its journey to the wreckage. The Coast Guard later confirmed the Titan had imploded, killing all five.Keep scrolling to learn more about the Titanic, including how it was found, what it was like on board, and what secrets we’ve learned from the wreckage. Actress Dorothy Gibson, who was aboard the Titanic and survived, starred in a film called “Saved From the Titanic,” which was released just one month after the ship sank. Gibson in “Saved from the Titanic.”      Eclair Film Company American silent film actress Dorothy Gibson was one of the approximately 700 survivors of the tragedy.Upon arriving in New York City unscathed, she immediately began filming “Saved From the Titanic,” the first film to depict the events of the sinking.According to the Los Angeles Times, it was released in May 1912, a month after the crash. She is famous for wearing the same clothes and shoes in the movie as she had worn during the actual sinking, according to Atlas Obscura.While the film was successful, it exists only in memories now, much like one Jack Dawson. The only known print of the film was destroyed in a fire, reported IB Times. A popular urban legend is that another survivor, Lawrence Beesley, tried to crash the filming of the 1958 film “A Night to Remember” because he wanted to symbolically go down with the ship. Beesley and an unknown woman in the ship’s gymnasium.      Public domain According to IMDb’s trivia page, Beesley was on the set of “A Night to Remember,” which is considered the most accurate of all Titanic films, at least according to the BBC.He reportedly tried to jump into the scene depicting the ship’s sinking, in order to symbolically go down with the ship. Legend has it that director Roy Ward Baker refused, as it would have been a union violation and could have halted filming.Beesley was a survivor from the second class, and he wrote a memoir about his experience entitled “The Loss of the SS Titanic.” The 700 third-class passengers had to share two bathtubs. The movie “Titanic” made third class seem like a real party.      Twentieth Century Fox Even though, all accounts, the third-class accommodations on the Titanic were much better than those on an average ship, they were still pretty rough.The total number of third-class passengers was at least 709, according to Encyclopedia Titanica, and they all had to share two bathtubs, reported ABC News. One of the ship’s musicians wasn’t officially declared dead until 2000. The ship’s musicians as portrayed in the 1997 film “Titanic.”      Twentieth Century Fox Roger Bricoux, the Titanic’s cello player, was just 21 years old when he perished during the ship’s sinking.But Bricoux wasn’t officially declared dead until 2000, though all of the musicians died on April 15, 1912. The French army even called him a deserter when he failed to show up to serve in World War I, according to his profile on Encyclopedia Titanica.The Association Française du Titanic (French Association of the Titanic) worked to clear his name and officially put Bricoux to rest, but it didn’t succeed until 88 years after the Titanic sank. The ship’s band played music right until the very end to try to calm passengers, just like in the 1997 movie. Mr. J Wesley Woodward, a cellist in the Titanic’s band.      Universal Images Group/Getty Images They have been called heroes, and they played music for more than two hours after hitting the iceberg, the BBC reported. The ship’s lookouts had to rely on their eyesight alone — the ship’s binoculars were locked inside a cabinet that no one could find the key to. The ship’s lookouts had to rely on their eyesight alone.      Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images According to The Telegraph, the ship’s lookouts, Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee, didn’t have access to binoculars during the journey and therefore couldn’t see very far.The ship’s second officer was replaced at the last minute and forgot to hand off the key to the locker that housed the ship’s binoculars.The key resurfaced at auction in 2007, where it was sold for over $90,000, reported Scottish newspaper The Herald. One theory is that the crew didn’t spot the iceberg in time because they didn’t have access to said binoculars. Newspaper boy Ned Parfett sells copies of the Evening News telling of the Titanic maritime disaster, outside the White Star Line offices at Oceanic House in London.      Topical Press Agency/Getty Images According to the official 1912 inquiry findings, The Telegraph reported, only 37 seconds elapsed between actually seeing the iceberg, calling downstairs, and deciding what course of action to take. At the memorial of Frederick Fleet, one of the lookouts, a prankster left a pair of binoculars with a note reading, “Sorry for bringing these 100 years too late.” Frederick Fleet.      Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Fleet was the lookout who called out the now-famous words, “Iceberg, right ahead.” He survived the sinking but tragically went on to take his own life in 1965, after the death of his wife, according to his Encyclopedia Titanica profile.On the centennial anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking, a prankster removed a memorial wreath from his gravestone and replaced it with a pair of binoculars and a note apologizing for the lateness of the binoculars, reported The Daily Mail. The Titanic was plagued tragedy from the start. Eight people died during the ship’s construction. The Titanic and its sister ship the Olympic under construction in Belfast, Northern Ireland.      Wikimedia Commons According to National Geographic, eight men died during the construction of the ship, but only five of their names are known: Samuel Scott, John Kelly, William Clarke, James Dobbin, and Robert Murphy. A plaque memorializing the eight men in Belfast was unveiled in 2012. The richest man aboard was John Jacob Astor IV, who was widely believed to have been the richest man in the world at the time of his death. John Jacob Astor IV.      Bettmann/Getty Images Astor was not just the richest man on the Titanic but widely believed to be the richest man in the world at the time of his death. He was worth an estimated $150 million, or $4.5 billion in today’s dollars, according to CNBC.According to Biography, Astor was on the ship returning home from a months-long honeymoon with his new wife, Madeleine Talmage Force, who, at 18 years old, was 28 years younger than him.The extended honeymoon was actually a way to escape society’s gossip — Astor had just been divorced within two years of his new marriage, which was relatively unheard of back then, Mental Floss reported.Astor’s body was one of the few that was recovered in the Atlantic Ocean after the ship went down, The New York Times reported at the time. Multiple newspapers mistakenly reported that the crash caused no fatalities, including the Daily Mail, the Belfast Telegraph, and The World. Reports were conflicting.      Reuters/Lucas Jackson In the race to publish a headline about the disaster, numerous newspapers gave families and loved ones false hope about the sinking of the Titanic. As a…

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