The "unsinkable" ocean liner went down in the early hours of April 15, shortly after its fatal run-in with an iceberg. Here are some of the most interesting facts about the ship and its fateful journey:

• Titanic was one of the largest movable objects ever built, measuring in at 883 feet long (1/6 of a mile), 92 feet wide, 46,328 tons, and 104 feet high, from keel to bridge. James Cameron's ship was built 90 percent to scale.
• The ship was designed to hold 32 lifeboats, though only 20 were on board; White Star management was concerned that too many boats would sully the aesthetic beauty of the ship.
• Survivors were rescued by the Carpathia, which was 58 miles southeast of Titanic when it received the distress call.
• Titanic boasted electric elevators, a swimming pool, a squash court, a Turkish Bath, and a gymnasium with a mechanical horse and mechanical camel.
• The wreckage of Titanic was recovered in 1985, 12,500 feet down, about 350 miles (531 km) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
• A first class (parlor suite) ticket on Titanic cost $4,350, which translates into $50,000 today.
• Five of the known survivors of the disaster are still living: Lillian Gertrude Asplund (date of birth 10-21-1906), Louise Laroche (date of birth: c. 1909), Michel M. Navratil (date of birth: 6-12-1908), Winnifred Vera Quick VanTongerloo (date of birth: c. 1904), and Barbara J. West (date of birth: c. 1908). Eleanor Shuman, who was the inspiration for Kate Winslet's Rose, died on March 7, 1998, at age 87.

These days, the word Titanic immediately conjures up images of the starry-eyed Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet passionately embracing as they lean precariously over the bow of the ship, with the wind in their sprightly young faces and the world at their feet.

With all the hoopla over the epic's mega-budget, mega-box-office gross and record-tying slew of Oscars, the film Titanic has become itself a cultural phenomenon—nearly as monumental as the event on which it was based.

Indeed, Titanic director James Cameron meticulously replicated the minutiae of the original ship, from chandeliers and wallpaper that adorn the posh dining rooms down to the ashtrays.

But the fact remains that Americans have dished out more than $580 million not out of interest in learning more about the disaster, but out of fascination with Hollywood's latest, and no doubt greatest, spectacle. There are also the millions of teenage girls who have seen the movie several times to gush over Leo.I have seen this greatest movie of all time more then 25 times.I think I am among the truely lovers of Titanic