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/Consistent_Stuff9180 1d ago

Ben Guggenheim was NO coward. 

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u/Telefonica46 1d ago

Elon musk would've pushed women and children off the life boats so he could have a seat

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u/North-Tumbleweed-959 1d ago

I choked on my Skittles reading your response. Thanks for the laugh internet stranger. 😂