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Only 1 in 5 out of 1500 victims, were found after the crash of Titantic

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"RMS Titanic" on @Wikipedia: "Only 333 bodies of Titanic victims were recovered, one in five of the over 1500 victims. Some bodies sank with the ship while currents quickly dispersed bodies and wreckage across hundreds of miles making them difficult to recover. By June one of the last search ships reported that life jackets supporting bodies were coming apart and releasing bodies to sink.[206]" @Curionic

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