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TIL the last Boer war veteran died in 1993 aged 111 years old

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KYoyJ TIL that Aleksander Doba, a solo kayaker, passed away in 2021 while climbing Kilimanjaro. After reaching top asked for a two-minute break before posing for photo. He then sat down on a rock & "just fell asleep".
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