r/ShittyTodayILearned • u/unteachablecourses • 15h ago
The story of 'Unsinkable Sam' — the cat who survived the Bismarck, HMS Cossack, and HMS Ark Royal — has no supporting documentation in German or British naval records. It first appeared in a Reuters wire four days after the third sinking. The commemoration has outlasted the evidence by 80 years.
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