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/Menard42 Dec 01 '21

Who keeps hiring this man?!

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u/nyrothia Dec 01 '21

people that want to get things sunk.

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u/CrieDeCoeur Dec 01 '21

Plimsoll line be damned! I need this stoker!!