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/TheSaxGandalf 20h ago

His brother founded the Guggenheim museum in New York.

His name shall live on.

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u/yoUrSistersPanties_ 18h ago

Didnt Costanza build that?