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TIL: In 2007, a 55 year-old Slovenian man swam the Amazon, 3,274 miles, non-stop over 66 days. When told that his daily intake of two bottles of wine should be lessened for his health, he responded “I have to drink, I have to swim-I am Martin!”

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