Steven Callahan spent 76 days at sea while he drifted 1,800 perilous miles across the Atlantic in a rubber raft, battling starvation, thirst, sharks and storms. He later became the technical adviser for the acclaimed movie Life Of Pi.
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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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Craniopagus conjoined twins Krista and Tatiana can see through each other’s eyes.
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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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Putting your car alarm remote under your chin or beside your head increases its range.
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