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2.8 Million One Pennies
In 1987, an 18-year-old freshman named Mike Hayes funded his education by asking 2.8 million people for one penny.
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Lucky First Metal Detect
In 2012, a British man named Wesley Carrington used a metal detector for the first time and found £100,000 worth of Roman gold within 20 minutes.
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Larry Walters
Larry Walters tied 45 balloons to his lawn chair and rose to 15,000 feet.
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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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A 44-year-old man lost around 50%-75% of his brain to hydrocephalus (water on the brain) and continued to live a normal life. Specialists believe the fluid filled so slowly over his life that the brain remapped itself to retain functionality despite the loss of mass.
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Giant Lego Replica of Pompeii
A man named Ryan McKnight spent 470 hours building a giant Lego replica of historic Roman town of Pompeii.
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Nicholas Alkemade
Nicholas Alkemade, a pilot during World War 2, survived falling 18,000 feet after jumping from a burning Lancaster bomber.
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During his lifetime, a man named Walter Summerford was struck by lightning three times. After his death, his gravestone was also struck.
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