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It’s Been 111 Years: Why the Titanic Remains a Cultural Obsession

The news is abuzz over the detailed new digital mapping of the Titanic, but our national fascination with the doomed sea vessel runs deeper than a ship-sinking iceberg.

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Corrie Evanoff

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WHAT’S NEW: First Ever Full-Sized Scans Reveal Wreck as Never Seen Before

The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created using deep-sea mapping.

AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY: Is This a Photo of the Iceberg That Sank the Titanic?

Experts aren’t certain, but the picture is still estimated at around $10,000 anyway.

PRESERVING HISTORY: 12 Artifacts Brought Up From the ‘Titanic’

Since 1987—two years after the wreck was discovered—seven trips have been made to the ship's debris field, and more than 5500 artifacts have been salvaged. Here are a few of them.

LESSON LEARNED: How to Escape a Sinking Ship (Like, Say, the Titanic)

First, put on your fanciest clothes. And at 1:15 am, consider heading down to Deck D.

REVISIT THE MENU: Make the Jellied Delicacy Served Aboard the Titanic

For their last meal, first-class passengers dined on 11 courses, including Chartreuse jelly and peaches.

CLASS DISTINCTION: Bodies of the Titanic Found and Lost Again

Ideas about economic class informed decisions about which recovered bodies would be preserved for land burial and which would be returned to the icy seas.

JACK HAD TO DIE: James Cameron Shows Us Why He Probably Wouldn’t Have Survived

Cameron’s new documentary also revisits lifeboat situation and whether the ship broke in half.