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TIL in 1961 an 11-yr-old girl survived drifting on a dinghy without food or water for roughly 82 hours before being rescued. The captain of her boat had sunk it in an attempt to kill those on board that he hadn't already killed. His wife, her parents & two siblings died. He committed suicide later.

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