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Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel?

    Ederle.

Who was the founder of the Rastafarians?
    Marcus Garvey.

Who holds the record for the longest survivor on a raft in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
    Poon Lim. He spent 133 days alone.

Which brothers were the founders of the World Guinness Book of Records?
    Mc Whirter.

Who had the mysterious ticket from Northwest flight 305 from Oregon to Washington in 1971?
    D.B. Cooper. A bank robber that jumped out of the plane and was never traced.

Who was called the 3-legged wonder?
    Lentini. Francesco Lentini was born with 3 legs.

Who was the inventor of the particle accelerator and Atomic hammer?
    J.D. Cockcroft.

What famous spy occupied the prison cell: number 12 at Saint Lazare?
    Mata Hari.

Who was the only American convicted and executed for desertion in WW2?
    Eddie Slovik.

Who was the owner of Clever Hans, the calculating horse?
    von Osten.


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