The hangar where the Titanic was built in 1911 has become a famous filming location. Named “Paint Hall”, the hangar is located in Northern Ireland and is now known as Titanic Studios.
It has served as a filming location for several movies and TV shows, including “City of Ember” in 2007 (the first time it was ever used as a movie location), and most recently, “Game of Thrones”.
The Famous Smokestacks
Every photo of the Titanic features the grand ship with four smokestacks. In fact, the smokestacks are what made the Titanic so distinctively recognizable throughout history. Funnily enough, only three of them actually served the purpose of carrying smoke out from the furnaces.
The fourth smokestack was for aesthetic purposes only, and some said ventilation. Next time you look at a photo of the Titanic, notice that only three of the smokestacks have smoke coming out of them.
The Lifeboat Drill That Never Happened
According to one survivor's testimony, there were lifeboat drills every Sunday on the Titanic. But strangely enough, on the last Sunday before the Titanic sank, on April 14th, 1912, the drill never happened.
To this day, it remains unclear why the drill never took place, and even though it would've possibly made no difference to the tragic outcome of the crash, it definitely wouldn't have hurt to have passengers do a drill 24 hours before the disaster.
Cold Shoulder
The temperature of the water the night that the Titanic plummeted to the depths below was an almost freezing 27 degrees Fahrenheit.
It's doubtful that the unlucky passengers and crew that ended up in the icy water survived for longer than 15 minutes.
Horse Power
Building such a gigantic vessel required more than just human strength. In fact, 20 horses were needed to transport the Titanic's hefty anchor to the ship's construction site.
The anchor weighed in at 16 tons, which is the equivalent of trying to carry 4 adult whales. With an anchor that massive, there's no horsing around!