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  • Artifacts from Wreck of Titanic's Sister Ship Recovered

    09/25/2025 12:23:35 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 20 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 22, 2025
    The sinking of the RMS Titanic is perhaps the most famous shipwreck in history, but its sister ship, the lesser-known HMHS Britannic, also suffered a tragic fate. During World War I, the luxury cruise liner was requisitioned as a hospital ship, the largest in the world at the time. As it was sailing through the Aegean Sea on November 21, 1916, it struck a mine and went down off the island of Kea in less than an hour. Thirty of the more than 1,000 people onboard perished when their lifeboats were hit by the ship's whirling propellers. The Associated Press...
  • In world of racial diversity, what is 'white'?

    12/08/2003 9:18:06 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 35 replies · 378+ views
    SF Gate ^ | 12/8/03 | Jose Antonio Vargas
    <p>Justine Steele is a senior at Independence High School in San Jose, a sprawling campus of 4,054 students where 8 percent are Caucasian. Forget the numbers. "Look around," she says. There are Indians and Vietnamese, Mexicans and Filipinos.</p> <p>Here, a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes stands out.</p>