Rhiannon Ingle
A group of tourists put their hands in water set to the exact temperature of the ocean when the Titanic sank to see if they could handle it.
The Titanic museum attraction, based in Tennessee, US, is actually shaped like the RMS Titanic and is home to over 400 real Titanic artefacts.
Now, while there are a number of seriously fascinating features at the museum including being given a boarding pass with the name of an actual passenger that was on the ship, only finding out if they are dead or alive in the Titanic Memorial Room, where 2,208 names are honoured.
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However, one of the most shocking ones includes a bucket of water that was temperature-controlled to be the exact temperature that the Atlantic Ocean was during the early morning of 15 April 1912, which was 28°F, or -2.2°C.
For context, 2,240 people were on the ship as it set sail from Southampton, England on April 10 1912 but only a reported 705 survivors on the 'unsinkable' vessel survived.
One video making the rounds on social media shows three visitors plunge their bare hands into the freezing water, which claimed the lives of over 1,500 people.
The first attendee lasted just 20 seconds, saying: Yeah that's bad. That's a little rough."
The second lasted an even fewer amount of time, pulling his hand out just eight second in due to the 'burning sensation'.
And the final attendee could be heard repeatedly saying 'oh my God' as she left her hand in asking if it was becoming dangerous before eventually removing her hand from the freezing water after an impressive 40 seconds.
After watching the clip, one Instagram user penned: "This is crazzzy it was the temp outside the other day in Jersey that it was during titanic and well I tell you I cud not be outside for more than 3 seconds it was so cold.
"I couldn’t imagine going in ice water at that time. Can’t believe it!"
"I am feeling cold while watching this reel," admitted a second while a third chimed in: "Now imagine having half of your body in that freezing water with no light source just nothing but Pitch Black hearing the voices of other people of the Titanic ship trying to stay alive only to drown. I know that's somebody's nightmare."
Another praised: "Genius idea to have that set up at the Titanic Exhibit. Gives you a much better understanding of what all those people had to endure."
And a final Instagram user added: "I remember doing this at a museum in London for a Titanic exhibit and I’ve never forgotten it. The bones in my hand hurt for a long time after my hand was out of the water.
"Can’t imagine what those poor people went through that night having to get in and stay there. It’s no wonder so few made it out of the water alive."