A man with locked-in syndrome, named Jean-Dominique Bauby, wrote an entire book by blinking his left eyelid.
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A woman named Rachel Krishevsky who died at age 99 had 1,400 direct descendants.
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A woman from Michigan named Barbara Soper gave birth on 10/10/10, 09/09/09 and 08/08/08 — the odds of which are 50 million to one.
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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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There's a woman named Veronica Seider who had vision 20x better than average. She could identify people more than a mile (1.6km) away.
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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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In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.
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