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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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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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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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 man with locked-in syndrome, named Jean-Dominique Bauby, wrote an entire book by blinking his left eyelid.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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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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