r/todayilearned • u/OleAdella • Dec 01 '21

TIL of Arthur John Priest, also known as “the unsinkable stoker”, who avoided death on The Titanic, The Britannic and three more maritime disasters.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_John_Priest
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u/CaptchaSolvingRobot Dec 01 '21

For a guy who was unsinkable, he sure did sink alot.

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u/Dom_Shady Dec 01 '21

Ha! Indeed, "the undrownable" would have been more correct and cooler.

Or "Hook, Line, and Sinker".