In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.
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In 1918, a homing pigeon saved over 190 American soldiers by delivering a message to nearby support despite having been shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood, and with a leg hanging on by just a tendon.
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A couple that were out walking on their property in Sierra Nevada discovered a canister containing $10 million in gold coins.
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Poon Lim survived 133 days alone on a raft at sea by fishing, drinking bird blood, and killing a shark with a jug of water.
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Adam Rainer is the only person in recorded history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant. At age 18 he measured 4 feet 8.3 inches. When he died at age 50 he measured 7 feet 8 inches.
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In 2006, a woman was found in her London flat, skeletonized, after 3 years of being dead – with the TV still running.
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