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Design & Technology | Computing

Why did the Titanic have so few lifeboats?

James Cameron's 1997 epic Titanic is being rereleased in 3-D.

It was one of the most infamous tragedies of the 20th Century. Why did the Titanic have so few lifeboats? What were they thinking? This video from Vox explains the logic.

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