Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".
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A woman named Rachel Krishevsky who died at age 99 had 1,400 direct descendants.
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Eminem repeated the 9th grade three times.
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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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Korean Okhwan Yoon left behind a profitable business to cycle the world in aid of world peace. For over 9 years, he has biked across 192 countries on six continents, and has survived 6 car accidents, malaria, extreme temperatures, robbery, and kidnapping.
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Between 2007 and 2012, Bill Gates gave away $28 billion; saving 6 million lives.
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