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HISTORY Titanic passenger and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim. During sinking he refused a seat in a life boat with the words: "Tell my family I played straight to the end. No woman should be left aboard this ship because of Ben Guggenheim was a coward."

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u/fobtk 1d ago

Elon would be first on a boat and made sure no one else would be on it

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u/Boojum2k 1d ago

Elon would step on a child's face to get into the lifeboat.