In 1999, a fisherman found a love letter in a bottle from a soldier in WWI. He returned said letter to the now deceased widows 86 year old daughter.
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Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".
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In 2011, an elderly woman from Memphis who ordered pizza everyday for 3 years straight was saved by a delivery woman when she failed to place an order for 3 days.
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A 22 year old Chinese man needed a new nose. Instead of a transplant, a surgeon built a new nose on his forehead.
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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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