Aloha Wanderwell traveled the world from 1922-1930, she was the worlds most widely traveled woman of her day.
"She carried on various travels following her husband’s death that included learning to fly a float plane and participating in a search for the lost Percy Fawcett Expedition in Brazil. During her lifetime expeditions, Aloha Wanderwell was held captive by the Chinese, lived with the natives in Borneo, and camped beside the Sphinx in Egypt."
Aloha Wanderwell
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That is not a photochop job, that is Ernestine Shepherd!
She started working out when she 60 (!), she runs 80 miles a week, bench-presses 150 pounds, does bicep curls with 20-pound dumbbells, and eats 1,700 calories a day of mostly vegetables and lean protein.
If this isn’t inspiration to stay fit, I don’t know what is.
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Artist Aelita Andre might only be four years old, but that has not stopped her opening her first art exhibition in New York.
She is said to be the youngest ever professional artist with nine of her paintings on show at the Agora Gallery, in Manhattan, already selling, with pieces priced up to $9,900 (£6,000) each.
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Sheila Penfold, who stands at just 5ft 3in and is registered blind, was nearly dragged into the river when the monster catfish took her bait during a holiday in Spain.
The 56-year-old had to be directed by husband Alan and son Arthur as she fought for 30 minutes to land the prized 214lb catch.
Blind grandmother lands record breaking fish
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At 17 years old, Juliane Köpcke was the sole survivor of 93 passengers and crew in the December 24, 1971 crash of LANSA Flight 508 in the Peruvian rainforest.
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Simona De Silvestro is amazing, not only did she survive a crash at 220 mph during qualifying for the Indy 500 with only burns on her hands. But then she gets into their older heavier backup car, hands oozing and bandaged, and proceeds to qualify for the race in 24th. She didn’t finish the race because of technical problems, but she rules either way.
The toughest driver at indy is a woman, and she’s not Danica Patrick
Video of the crash
L.A. Times article