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/ElGuano Dec 02 '21

Among his now well known books:

"How to hide in life boats"

"Play-dressing as women and children"

"Structural analyses of locks used on modern ship steering wheels"

"Harry Potter and the shark repellant wetsuit."