A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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The first foreigner to become a samurai was an African slave.
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A blind American man taught himself to navigate using echolocation. His hobbies include hiking and mountain-biking, and he has now trained over 500 students in his ‘tongue-click’ technique.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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A woman named Rachel Krishevsky who died at age 99 had 1,400 direct descendants.
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