The highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle was 167.04 mph by Fred Rompelberg in 1995.
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A tortoise named Adwaita lived to 255 years old. To put it into perspective, he was born before the United States of America existed and his death was announced on CNN (1750-2006).
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A couple that were out walking on their property in Sierra Nevada discovered a canister containing $10 million in gold coins.
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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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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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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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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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