Lost Photos of the Titanic and The Stories Behind Them

The Famous Cafe

First-class dining halls looked much different than everyone else's. This photo was taken just before the passengers were loaded onto the ship.

On-Board Playground

There were plenty of kids on board, so naturally they needed a place to play. There were designated areas of playtime for the kids above deck so that they could get out of their parents hair for a bit. This photo was taken three days before the ship went down.

The More You Know

The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.
A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
The odds of getting a royal flush are exactly 1 in 649,740.
A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.