A man called Dean Karnazes ran 350 miles in 80 hours with no sleep, ran a marathon in the South Pole in -25 °C temperatures without snowshoes, and ran 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days.
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In 2005, in Africa, it was reported that three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl from kidnappers and guarded her for half a day until help came.
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From the nitrogen in our DNA, to the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, to the carbon in our apple pies - all were made in the interiors of collapsing stars; we're all made of stardust.
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A 22 year old Chinese man needed a new nose. Instead of a transplant, a surgeon built a new nose on his forehead.
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Canadian Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Frederick Banting, discoverer of insulin, sold the rights to the University of Toronto for $1 so that it was available to everyone.
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According to official documents, Luo Meizhen was born in 1885, which would make her 127 years old when she died in 2013 and the oldest person ever to have lived.
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