Titanic's Little Known Story

Titanic was one of the biggest boxoffice movies of all time -- even though we already knew how it ended before we bought a ticket.

Cause it was a movie and, thus, under time constraints, a number of "back stories" could never be explored in Titanic. That's why I almost always get more enjoyment from the book, instead of the movie made after the book, cause there's just more "meat on the bone," so to speak. There are exceptions, naturally. All the "Ernest" movies held up better than the books on which the films were based, in my opinion.

But back to the Titanic and one of its little known stories that the movie completely ignored. Which is understandable. After all, many many lives were lost.

Anyway, back in 1912 the Titanic's cargo included 12,000
jars of mayonnaise, which were scheduled for special delivery to the port of Vera Cruz, Mexico, the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York.

At the time, it was to be the largest single
shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to
Mexico. As we know, the great ship did not make it
to New York cause it hit an iceberg and
sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic.

The people of Mexico, according to Mexican periodicals at the time, considered mayonnaise a delicacy, and were disconsolate at the
news of the Titanic's sinking. Their anguish was so great, and Mexico's leaders were so eager to share the pain of their people and avoid the possibility of civil unrest, that a National Day of Mourning was declared.

Amazingly, that "day of mourning" is still observed today as it was so many years ago, which is why the 5th of May became forever known as "Sinko De Mayo."