A woman named Rachel Krishevsky who died at age 99 had 1,400 direct descendants.
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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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The world's longest traffic jam took place in Beijing, China. It was over 60 miles long and lasted 11 days.
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In 1996, an Iraqi man named Sam Eisho moved to Australia and used the welfare system as income. Some years later, he became successful and wrote a cheque for more than $18,000 to the Australian Government (every cent they gave him).
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Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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