The conclusion of our Titanic double header! In 1996, an Australian newspaper printed a letter claiming that the Titanic never sank at all -- that it was her nearly identical sister ship, the Olympic, which was purposefully derailed as part of an insurance scam. Twenty-five years later, the rumor still runs rampant on TikTok, reddit, and all the places conspiracy theories lurk. But could it be true? We've got all the details and the answer to one burning question: Which ship sank? The Titanic or the Olympic?

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