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Room 40 was the name of the secret British anti-submarine espionage organization during WWI.
The U-boat that attacked the Lusitania ran into it by chance; the Lusitania had left two hours late that day.
Passengers chose to sail on the Lusitania despite the danger, because most people believed that the Germans would not shoot at a civilian vessel.

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