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“For 13 thousand dollars, Englishman Brendon Grimshaw bought a tiny uninhabited island in the Seychelles and moved there forever. When Grimshaw was under forty, he quit his job as a newspaper editor and started a new life.

By this time, no human had set foot on the island for 50

“For 13 thousand dollars, Englishman Brendon Grimshaw bought a tiny uninhabited island in the Seychelles and moved there forever. When Grimshaw was under forty, he quit his job as a newspaper editor and started a new life.

By this time, no human had set foot on the island for 50
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First discovered in 1992, Point Nemo is a lonely little spot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is farther from land than anywhere else in the world. At more than 1,000 miles from the nearest shoreline, Point Nemo is so remote that no human has ever even been there. In fact,

First discovered in 1992, Point Nemo is a lonely little spot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is farther from land than anywhere else in the world. At more than 1,000 miles from the nearest shoreline, Point Nemo is so remote that no human has ever even been there. In fact,
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This one's for the young ones who may not know the story, or haven't heard the iconic song by Canadian crooner, Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
On November 9, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald departed from Superior, Wisconsin at 2:15 pm with 26,116 tons of

This one's for the young ones who may not know the story, or haven't heard the iconic song by Canadian crooner, Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
On November 9, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald departed from Superior, Wisconsin at 2:15 pm with 26,116 tons of
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The Woman Who Survived the Titanic — And Two Other Shipwrecks
Depending on your perspective, Violet Jessop was either the luckiest or unluckiest women to ever live. Either way, she certainly has one of the most interesting stories you’ll ever read.
Jessop was a stewardess on

The Woman Who Survived the Titanic — And Two Other Shipwrecks
Depending on your perspective, Violet Jessop was either the luckiest or unluckiest women to ever live. Either way, she certainly has one of the most interesting stories you’ll ever read.
Jessop was a stewardess on
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