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10 Black Sheep of tech




#10: Titanic
(Image credit: Paramount Pictures)
Last but not least, here's the biggest black sheep of all. Literally. The Titanic. Repesenting a pinnacle in naval architecture and technological achievement when she set sail on her ill-fated voyage in 1912, The Shipbuilder magazine wrote that she was "practically unsinkable". Unfortunately, that proved to be so wrong. On the night of April 14-15, 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, resulting in a reported 1,517 loss in lives.

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