PlacesWeirdThere are numerous sailors' superstitions, such as: it is considered bad luck for a ship to set sail on a Friday, to bring anything green aboard, to stick a knife into the deck, to leave a hatch cover upside-down, or to say the word "pig" aboard.1122k
TechnologyMind-BlowingA fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.501k
HistoryInterestingUnsinkable Sam is a legendary ship's cat said to have survived the sinking of three warships during World War II—the German battleship Bismarck, then two British vessels, HMS Cossack and HMS Ark Royal—each time reportedly found clinging to floating debris.212k