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In 2005, Canadian Kyle MacDonald began with a single red paperclip and, through a series of 14…
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Nellie Bly’s Journey
Nellie Bly, a female reporter, successfully recreated Jules Verne’s famous novel “Around The World In 80 Days.” In 1888, she proposed to her editor at the New York World to undertake a journey around the world, making Verne’s fictional story a reality. On November 14, 1889, with two days’ notice, Bly boarded the Augusta Victoria… Read More »