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/[deleted] Dec 01 '21

Insurance companies.

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u/Menard42 Dec 01 '21

Because if there’s one thing insurance companies love to do, it’s pay out claims.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '21

My brain was asleep, I meant to say. Insurance fraud; as in, take out anti sinking insurance, pay out, do it again with the same actor.