Titanic By the Numbers and related media
Titanic By the Numbers
Did you know that Titanic burned more than 650 tons of coal every day, and that it cost $167 million in today's money to build the ship? Get the facts on one of history's most infamous maritime disasters with Titanic By the Numbers.
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