Shoe: Untied True Fact o’ the Day

The Titanic has been criticized over and over again historically for not having enough lifeboats, because it only had enough to hold 1/3 of its passengers. However, she was actually carrying more lifeboats than were legally required. That’s because lifeboats were intended to ferry survivors from a sinking ship to a rescuing ship—not keep afloat the whole population.

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