Twenty-fourth Index Card

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• Everyone knows that the Titanic sunk in 1912 after hitting an iceberg.
• However, new research has found that a flaw in the ship's construction could have caused it to sink in any major storm.
• Analysis of newly discovered portions of the Titanic found that the ship snapped in half when the ship tipped to only 10 degrees, rather than the 45 degrees that had been previously thought.
• This not only meant that the Titanic sunk more quickly than it should have done, it also means that any large storm could have also tilted the ship by 10 degrees and snapped the hull in half.