The words Lord and Lady are both derived from the anglo-saxon word for bread. hlafward (loaf guardian) and hlaefdige (loaf maker).

Vicars' close, in Wells, England began construction in 1348, making it the oldest standing residential street in Europe.

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A current expedition to the Titanic just found the bronze statue of the Goddess Diana, which once sat on the mantle piece of the first class lounge. It was last seen in 1985, shortly after the wreck was discovered.

Captain Smith onboard the Titanic, alongside the ship's purser, H. W. McElroy. Both men perished when Titanic sank a few days later.

Dick Van Dyke is a year older than Lionel Jeffries, who played his dad in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. (Born Dec 25 and June 26, respectively).

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The Titanic's Marconi telegraph broke four days into its maiden voyage. The very expensive equipment was only supposed to be fixed by qualified technicians, but the wireless operators did a DIY fix. If they followed company rules, Titanic probably would've sank with no survivors

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Messages to the fleet at that time were communicated by raising a series of flags, known as flag code. Nelson's message before the battle was "England expects that every man will do his duty".

The HMS Victory is the oldest ship still in commission. She was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson when he defeated Napoleon's navy at the battle of Trafalgar. HMS Victory has been in service of the Royal Navy for 245 years.

This type of building is called a folly. A decorative building with no real purpose. Usually built to show off wealth. Here's one of my favourite folly buildings, the Dunmore pineapple in Scotland.

RT @Atomicfact: Violet Jessop was onboard the RMS Olympic when it was struck by a ship. A year later she was on its sister the Titanic when….

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She also had to jump from her lifeboat which was sucked into Britannic's propellers. And she survived childhood tuberculosis. Death was scared of Violet Jessop.

Violet Jessop was onboard the RMS Olympic when it was struck by a ship. A year later she was on its sister the Titanic when it hit ice and sank. Four years later she was serving on its other sister Britannic which hit a mine and sank. She died in 1971 at the age of 83.

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A popular fact on the internet says the human brain doesn't mature until 25. This is an inaccurate understanding of an outdated study. Brains often continue to change structurally well past 30. The actual impact these changes have on behaviour (if any) isn't well understood.