A full moon may have caused the fatal iceberg to cross paths with the ship
Scientists arrived at a theory that the full moon months before could be to blame for the collision, which killed about 1,500 people. Quoting astronomer Donald Olson of Texas State University-San Marcos, National Geographic’s Richard A. Lovett wrote, “That full moon, on January 4, 1912, may have created unusually strong tides that sent a flotilla of icebergs southward—just in time for Titanic‘s maiden voyage.”This wasn’t a normal full moon, though: “It was the closest lunar approach, in fact, since A.D. 796, and Earth won’t see its like again until 2257,” wrote Lovett. Iceberg theories aside, here are the 8 ghost ship mysteries that can’t be explained.
Nearly eleven Titanics could be built with the money James Cameron’s Titanic movie has made worldwide
According to the California ScienCenter, the Titanic would cost about $195 million to build today. James Cameron’s Academy Award-winning film Titanic has earned over $2.2 billion worldwide since its release in 1997—enough to construct about 11.2 complete replicas of the ship. That’s also including money earned from the 3D re-release of the film in the spring of 2012.
