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The first ship to send out an SOS signal is the Cunard liner Slavonia, having sent the signal on June 10th, 1909. It is a myth that the RMS Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS distress signal.

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The Pacific Ocean is the biggest ocean in the world, accounting for 32% of the world's total surface area. That's slightly more than all the land in the world combined.

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The RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it was launched, weighing 112 million pounds. That's the same weight as 16 billion pennies.

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The Great Barrier Reef was discovered by captain James Cook, when his ship crashed into it. It took 7 weeks to repair his badly damaged ship.

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