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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Fri May 6, 2016, 06:39 PM May 2016

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Angelo Faticoni

Angelo Faticoni (1859-1931) was called The Human Cork. He was a professional performer known for his buoyancy. He was sewn into a sack attached to a 20 lb. cannonball and thrown into the river. He soon surfaced and remained afloat for several hours. He swam across the Hudson River tied to a chair weighted with lead. How he came to have such remarkable powers of flotation remains unknown.

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Angelo Faticoni (Original Post) My Good Babushka May 2016 OP

Thanks to you, MGB, frogmarch May 2016 #1

frogmarch

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1. Thanks to you, MGB,

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Fri May 6, 2016, 10:12 PM

May 2016

my world keeps getting weirder and weirder.

I enjoy your posts a lot. Please keep 'em coming!

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