The Rain Man (Laurence Kim Peek) was the only savant known to science who could read two pages of a book simultaneously - one with each eye.
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A young programmer offered a homeless man the choice between $100 cash or coding lessons. Leo Grand chose the lessons, and now his first mobile app is available to download for $.99.
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A woman named Rachel Krishevsky who died at age 99 had 1,400 direct descendants.
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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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