You Won’t Sleep Tonight After Reading These 10 Titanic Facts

Titanic Facts
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9. A Frozen Pocket Watch

We have two more Titanic facts, and both of them are pretty mind-bending. One of the 13 couples that had decided to spend their honeymoon on the Titanic consisted of 29-year-old Lizzie Chapman and 37-year-old John, who were on their way to start a new life in the United States just after getting married.

When passengers were being rushed into the lifeboats, Lizzie was placed in Lifeboat No. 4, but she then heard that her new groom wasn’t allowed in the boat with her. She said, “I won’t go either,” and decided to exit the lifeboat to be with her husband. Both of them eventually drowned after they were plunged into the sea, along with those who never got into a lifeboat.

And here comes one of the most shattering Titanic facts: John’s pocket watch stopped ticking right when the couple fell into the cold water at 1:45 a.m. on April 15, 1912.

The object was recovered along with its owner’s body, but sadly, Lizzie’s body was never found.

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