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 record for alcohol consumption is by Andre the Giant, who drank 156 beers in one sitting (over 73 liters/16 gallons).
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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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In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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