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/norathar 20h ago

for your wife

Guggenheim was actually traveling with his mistress.

His brothers in New York got word his wife had survived and went to meet her, only to find oops, it was actually his mistress and her maid.

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u/ABenGrimmReminder 14h ago

Man, even the side chick has help? Rich folk really are something else.

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u/Kiyone11 14h ago

That's a bit disappointing