8 Horrible Events and Acts in Human History
Looking for an amusing article to tickle your funny bone? You’ve definitely come to the wrong place. While we live in strange times where a cheerful diversion does us a lot of good, it’s also important to never forget that humans have done some pretty terrible things over the years. In no particular order, here are:
1. The Sinking of the Titanic
When the passenger ship the RMS Titanic was built, its creators boasted that it was unsinkable. Their degree of arrogance was so great that they didn’t bother supplying the ship with enough lifeboats to save all of its 2,200 passengers in the event that it did sink. Some of the planners had insisted on 64 lifeboats, which would likely have been sufficient, but ultimately the number was lowered to 32 and finally 16. The reason? The White Star Line felt they would take up too much space on the deck. When the ship did hit the iceberg, only around 700 passengers survived, with the remaining 1,500 dying unnecessarily.
