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I can't be the only idiot who didn't realize the Titanic went down that close to Maine/Newfoundland. I'm 38 years old and never once even thought about where they actually sank.
Yes, Earth do not be flat after all.
Me too, and I did look up "Iceberg Alley" way back when.
It extends in the east here: Grand Banks of Newfoundland
Look them up on Wikipedia if you're interested, I had to.
I thought it was more in the centre of the Atlantic. Poor bastards almost made it.
Yeah I felt a little dumb seeing that. I swear I must have known that at some point. Won’t forget it this time though :S
Around the same age and this was my main takeaway from all this as well. One of my parents was watching the BBC with their coverage of it and I saw the map yesterday and was like wow, was it really that close? What was I doing in school?
For the curious. I didn't realize it was this close
I thought it was in the middle of the ocean lol