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less than a month after the Titanic sank, its nearly identical sister ship, the Olympic, saw its crew refuse to work because it held insufficient and unseaworthy life boats. Instead of purchasing new life boats, the White Star Line fired the workers.

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Fun Fact: less than a month after the Titanic sank, its nearly identical sister ship, the Olympic, saw its crew refuse to work because it held insufficient and unseaworthy life boats. Instead of purchasing new life boats, the White Star Line fired the workers.

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