If Titanic Had Twitter

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B9jfgWtg09A/T4o4ZvzrnlI/AAAAAAAADyc/Sd3KXqY57u4/s1600/TitanicWSL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B9jfgWtg09A/T4o4ZvzrnlI/AAAAAAAADyc/Sd3KXqY57u4/s200/TitanicWSL.jpg" height="332" width="400"></a></div> Today marks 100 years since the <b><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic">R.M.S. Titanic</a></i></b> sank in the North Atlantic, taking the lives of over 1,500 souls  with her in those icy waters. And over the last year or so, the commercial side of the enterprise has been heating up at an amazing pace.<br> <br> The <i>Titanic </i>has always had an allure about it - an amazing feat of engineering that was brought down on its maiden voyage, tales of heroism and chivalry (women and children first), class struggles and unforeseen safety needs. Indeed, it now stands as one of the greatest lessons of all time of man's hubris in the face of nature, and will forever remind us that we need to plan for the worst possible contingencies despite our confidence in our own technological advances.<br> <br> Naturally, the 100th anniversary brings about its own special observance from longtime admirers as well as those who may have just discovered the story. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> tallied some of those events and products ("<a href="http://t.co/ffPNyYe4">Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Titanic Business 100 Years Later</a>"), such as viewings of A Night to Remember, memorial celebrations in significant locations like Belfast, Southampton and Cherbourg, a Titanic fragrance from salvaged samples of essences carried by a perfume maker who traveled on the ship, recreations of the meals, and much more.<br> <br> But one of the more creative acknowledgments of the anniversary has to be from <b><a href="http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/categories/Titanic.aspx">The History Press</a></b>, a British publishing company that started the <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/TitanicRealTime"><b>@TitanicRealTime</b></a> Twitter account to chronicle the progress of the ship as if sent from aboard the ship itself. The tweets began exactly a month before and have picked up pace on the last day of the ship's voyage on April 14-15.<br> <br>

If Titanic Had Twitter

Today marks 100 years since the R.M.S. Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, taking the lives of over 1,500 souls  with her in those icy wa...

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