Hmm... I think that story of Titanic appears to us that everything what people create is imperfect and we can't win with nature. I think also that Titanic is example how to much confidence and arogancy of people can lead to tragedy. I mean that we think that we are smartest of the world but sometimes our knowledge means nothing comparing with nature and fate.

yes, i'm facinated by the Titanic. I find hard to believe that it was build in 1909-11, actually more than a hundred years ago.

Yes, I've always loved the story of the Titanic and people saying this happened or didn't happen. They now say the stern section didn't raise up all that much as often portrayed in movies and paintings. Even James Cameron admits this and would change his movie to not show the ship sinking the exact way it did. I heard in the recent 3D release of Titanic, Cameron made once small change. When Rose looks up at the sky near the end (while floating of the wood), the stars have been changed to exactly what it would have looked like that night in 1912.