Next Sunday many people are going to be writing about the sinking of the Titanic.<\/p>\n
I thought it would be nice if at least one person celebrated a somewhat more hopeful moment: Today is the 100th anniversary of that great ship’s maiden voyage out of Southampton on her way across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n
This is also an occasion to note the following numerological oddity: The ship sank in the year ’12, on 4\/15 (on Sunday, when we commemorate the anniversary of that great tragedy, it will of course also be the year ’12, on 4\/15).<\/p>\n
And where now lies the wreck of the RMS Titanic? Down under the sea, at a depth of exactly 12,415 feet.<\/p>\n
Mere coincidence?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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