The grey whale migrates 12,500 miles from the Artic to Mexico and back every year.

Russian I.M. Chisov survived a 21,980 plunge out of a plane with no parachute. He landed on the steep side of a snow-covered mountain with only a fractured pelvis and slight concussion.

Traditionally, wild cabbage was used as an aphrodisiac.

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