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LifeStraw: Makes Dirty Water Safe
The LifeStraw is a simple and compact, yet powerful water filtration system which may be the solution to the world's water emergency.
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Lucky First Metal Detect
In 2012, a British man named Wesley Carrington used a metal detector for the first time and found £100,000 worth of Roman gold within 20 minutes.
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Ranulph Fiennes
Sir Ranulph Fiennes, after having a heart attack and bypass operation, ran 7 marathons on 7 consecutive days in 7 continents. He has also hacked off his own frostbitten fingers with a power tool, discovered the lost city of Ubar, and, in his sixties, reached the peak of Mt. Everest.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".
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A man named John Harrison has a job tasting ice cream. He has tasted samples of over 200 million gallons of ice cream and his taste buds are insured for $1 million.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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Reg Spiers
In 1964, an Australian man successfully posted himself in a crate from London to Perth via air freight, which took a total of three days.
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Struck by Lightning Miracle
In 1980, a 62-year-old man with impaired vision and hearing got struck by lightning. When he woke up the next day, he could see and hear fine!
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