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Comment by foo42

3 hours ago

Thanks, TIL!

Apparently the RMS prefix on the RMS Titanic stands for "royal mail steamer" as it was authorised to carry the post.

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KPGv2  3 minutes ago

huh!

i thought it was richard matthew stallman

asimovDev  1 hour ago

as a kid I thought it meant Royal Majesty's Ship

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