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1 Boats were used in Sumeria, ancient Egypt, and in the Indian Ocean between 4000 and 3000 BC.
2. Laura Dekker is the youngest individual to sail around the world. She’s a 14-year-old who went off to sail around the world in 2012 when she was 16 and finished her trip 518 days later.
3. The first ship to reach America had only 40 people on board, including Christopher Columbus. It was the size of a bus and did not exceed 70 feet.
4. Over a period of 200 years, three ships were killed at the same location on the coast of Wales on the same day (December 5th) and all three had only one survivor. All three of the survivors had the same name: Hugh Williams.
5. In 2013, after taking refuge in the air pocket of the ship, the head of a sunken ship survived for three days beneath the ocean.
6. A Chinese female prostitute named Ching Shih was one of the mightiest pirates who ever lived. There were 1,800 ships and 80,000 sailors under her control.
7.To prevent capture, a Dutch warship was disguised as a tropical island during World War II. It was the only ship to survive in its own class.
8. A flight by Air Canada took a detour in 2012 to find a stranded Australian sailboat. Only 25 minutes after the distress signal was activated did the passengers of the Boeing 777 find the yacht.
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2. Laura Dekker is the youngest individual to sail around the world. She’s a 14-year-old who went off to sail around the world in 2012 when she was 16 and finished her trip 518 days later.
3. The first ship to reach America had only 40 people on board, including Christopher Columbus. It was the size of a bus and did not exceed 70 feet.
4. Over a period of 200 years, three ships were killed at the same location on the coast of Wales on the same day (December 5th) and all three had only one survivor. All three of the survivors had the same name: Hugh Williams.
5. In 2013, after taking refuge in the air pocket of the ship, the head of a sunken ship survived for three days beneath the ocean.
6. A Chinese female prostitute named Ching Shih was one of the mightiest pirates who ever lived. There were 1,800 ships and 80,000 sailors under her control.
7.To prevent capture, a Dutch warship was disguised as a tropical island during World War II. It was the only ship to survive in its own class.
8. A flight by Air Canada took a detour in 2012 to find a stranded Australian sailboat. Only 25 minutes after the distress signal was activated did the passengers of the Boeing 777 find the yacht.
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