In the Titanic's final hours, chief baker Charles Joughin was the definition of calm under pressure. After helping load lifeboats and giving up his own seat, he threw 50 deck chairs into the ocean as flotation devices. As the stern plunged, he stepped off the ship, avoided the suction, and then survived for over two hours in -2°C water—a death sentence for nearly everyone else. When rescue finally came, he climbed the rope ladder to the RMS Carpathia entirely on his own, a testament to his incre

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The only fight he ever lost was against his alcohol addiction. He was weaned on Guinness. He seen what's at the end of the rainbow but was too drunk to remember. He always thinks someone's after his lucky charms. He's so Irish, they found blood in his beer cells. His biggest conundrum is if to eat the potato now or let it ferment and drink it later. The sun goes blind if it looks directly at his pale skin. His first steps were river dance. When he gets invited to parties, he just leaves without