Human error really sank the Titanic

Forget the iceberg, human error was the real cause behind the sinking of the Titanic.

This surprising claim comes from the granddaughter of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller.

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Manhattan Status Symbols: Washers and Dryers

[...]For most people in the city, getting the laundry done will mean lugging it to a wash-and-fold service or taking it to the machines in the basement with a stack of quarters in hand.

But a growing number of New Yorkers can give the holiday linens a hot bath at home in their own washers and dryers.[...]

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10m alive in Britain today will live to be more than 100 years old

"... Ministers say people should prepare to spend more than a third of their lives in retirement due to the "staggering" rise in life expectancy.

In the first official projection of its kind, the Department for Work and Pensions today forecasts that almost a fifth of Britons will celebrate their 100th birthday.

Of the 17 per cent of the population who will become centenarians, about three million are under the age of 16, and 5.5 million are aged between 16 and 50.
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