Meet Benjaman Kyle, The Only Living Man With an Unknown Identity

How He Was

Evidently, Powell was a heavy drinker and smoker who worked odd jobs around their small town in Indiana. He was abused as a kid and he moved out when he was 16. He squatted in a trailer for a long time, until he was taken in by a nearby family. He continued to live in the trailer, to which he got electricity and plumbing set up, but he would spend every evening eating dinner with the family that took him in. One night, he just disappeared. He didn’t take anything with him, he just left.

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The More You Know

  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • Alexander the Great encouraged his men to shave so enemies couldn't grab their beards during battles.
  • The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.
  • Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
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