This Woman’s Life Was Saved by a Stranger—and Instead of Thanking Him, She Sued Him

Pulled By The Current

“For those of you inexperienced with seashores and beaches, the sea will always push you back to the shore unless you are further than a given point,” he wrote. After that, the strength of the current either pushes you deeper into the ocean or keeps you in the same spot. It’s impossible to float back to the shore without drowning of exhaustion.

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The More You Know

  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • A newborn baby is more than 3/4 water.
  • The majority of polar bears live in Canada—not in the Arctic.
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