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This 1898 book "predicted" the sinking of the Titanic?


Of course not, but it is quite a coincidence:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Titan:_Or,_Futility

"The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility is a novella written by Morgan Robertson and published as Futility in 1898, and revised as The Wreck of the Titan in 1912. It features a fictional British ocean liner Titan that sinks in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. Titan and its sinking are famous for similarities to the passenger ship RMS Titanic and its sinking fourteen years later. After the sinking of Titanic the novel was reissued with some changes, particularly in the ship's gross tonnage"

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Nah. The only thing it predicted was Leonardo Di Caprio films. Watch as Titanic historian, Tom Lynsky reads "The Wreck of the Titan." Very insightful.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6oQlj2XK-zG7TzZG7DoL7jZU80XRxzqG

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