Reason why champagne bottles on the Titanic never imploded

More than a century after the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, one detail continues to baffle people who come across images of the wreck: the fully intact champagne bottles.

Sitting 3,800 metres beneath the surface, under almost unimaginable pressure, they are still there over a century on and still sealed. But how is this possible?continue reading …