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    LifeStraw: Makes Dirty Water Safe
    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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    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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    The first man to survive going over Niagara Falls later died from slipping on an orange peel.
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    In 1965, a four-year-old nearly drowned at a beach, but was rescued by a woman named Alice Blaise. 9 years later, that boy saved a man at the same beach. That man was Alice's husband.
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    Clint Eastwood was in a plane which crashed into the sea. He and the pilot escaped the sinking aircraft and swam 3 miles to safety.
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    Army Ant Sutures
    Army Ant Sutures
    Army ants are used as “natural sutures”. Their jaws are so powerful, natives staple wounds by forcing ants to bite them and break off the body.
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    33,000 Ft Fall Survivor
    33,000 Ft Fall Survivor
    In 1972, Vesna Vulovic, a flight attendant, fell 33,000 feet in an aircraft explosion and survived. She now holds the Guinness world record for highest freefall without a parachute.
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    In 1542, French aristocrat Marguerite De La Rocque survived being marooned for 2 years alone on a remote island off the coast of Quebec.
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