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By Nate Freeman 11/17/10 7:52pm

The AP Guzzles Champagne Pulled From Shipwreck, Perhaps World’s Oldest

A ship captain’s folly, 200 years ago, has become a modern-day sommelier’s fortune. A recently discovered shipwreck found near the Aland Islands in the Baltic Sea was entombing 168 bottles of Veuve Clicquot Champagne and Juglar Champagne, and it’s said to be the oldest bubbly in the world. 168 bottles — talk about a booze cruise! Read More

By Nate Freeman 9/22/10 5:41pm

Sinking Ships

Human Error Sank Titanic; God, Fate, Cinema No Longer to Blame

After harboring the secret for a century, the family of the Titanic’s doomed captain has revealed that it was indeed a human error that brought down the unsinkable ship.

Louise Patton told The Daily Telegraph that her grandfather, second officer Charles Lightoller, is to blame for a steering mistake that brought the ship to Read More

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