Some believe that due to the mummy of Amen-ra being on the ship it
   this was the reason it sank. The mummy of Amen -ra is said to have a 
   curse of death and destruction attached to it. Actually, the mummy of
   Amen-ra was on display at London's Brittish museum at the time of
   Titanic's maiden voyage.

There is a belief that the Titanic sank because of a 300 ft gash caused
   by the iceburg it hit. In reality, there were a series of six small holes
   in the starboard hull, causing an area about 12 square feet of damage.
   It is believed that what caused the ship to sink was that the holes were
   located over the six critical, watertight holds.

The White Star Line never said that Titanic was "Unsinkable", they only
   said "Practically unsinkable". The press left off the word practically and
   soon it was being referred to as "Unsinkable". Gotta love the press even
   back then.

There is a belief that inside of Titanic is a fortune in jewels and gold. In
   fact, the ships records who there was no cold or silver shipments on
   the ship. Most of the jewels which were on the ship, left with those who
   owned them. When it was realized that the ship was going down, the
   owners of the jewels went to the Perser's office and retrieved whatever
   jewels they had stored there. In 1987 when the safe was found and
   opened, it was empty.

The rumor about a man dressing as a woman to get into one of the 
   lifeboats is a story made up by the press to get revenge on a man by
   the name of Willaim T. Sloper. After being rescued, William was not in
   the mood to talk to the press, who would be? He had to use force to 
   remove some of the press from his room at the Waldorf Astoria after
   he made it clear he didn't want to talk to them. The story was made 
   up and William T. Sloper spent the rest of his life defending himself.

A strange story about the Titanics hull number was going around for a
   long time. Supposedly it was 390904 and was delibrately given to the
   Titanic so it would sink. When held in front of a mirror, with some of
   the numbers twisted sideways, it would spell "No Pope", making the
   Titanic anti Catholic. Strange, since the real number of the Titanic's 
   hull was 824,131.

A strange story was told of a dog that jumped from the deck of the 
   ship as it was sinking. Rigel, a Newfoundland dog, supposedly was the
   escort of one of the lifeboats. He barked to signal that he was on the 
   way with one of the lifeboats close behind him.

Strange enough, it was reported that six Chinese men were among the
   survivors of the Titanic. The men had been stowaways who, by hiding
   in the lifboats managed to get onto the ship. The story goes that they
   were still in the lifeboats as they were launched into the water. There
   had originally been eight men and two of them died, having been
   crushed to death by heavy passengers in the lifeboats. The remaining
   six were able to survive since petite women had been seated above
   them in the lifeboat. They were not found until the lifeboats were 
   brought onto Carpathia.

   Who comes up with this stuff?