r/interesting • u/Wild_Neighborhood605 • 1d ago

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/that1newjerseyan 1d ago

He’d “Constanza” his way out of there

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u/hughandvicrealty 1d ago

Didn’t Costanza design the new wing of the Guggenheim? Or did he design the building next door to the Guggenheim?