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By Paul Torday

What does it take to make us think within the impossible?

For Dr. Alfred Jones, lifestyles is a quiet mix of civil provider on the nationwide Centre for Fisheries Excellence and marriage to Mary—an formidable, no-nonsense financier. yet a wierd flip of destiny from an unforeseen path forces Jones to upend his lifestyles and spend all of his time in pursuit of one other man’s ludicrous dream. Can there be salmon within the Yemen? technological know-how says no. but when assets are unlimited and the visionary is electrified, might be salmon fishing within the Yemen isn’t most unlikely. nonetheless, possibly not anything is.

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Big Ben, clock Florida pharmacist Benjamin Green invented suntan lotion in 1944. 57 THERE’S A RECORD FOR THAT? Anybody can run fast or eat a bunch of hot dogs, but it takes true commitment to be the world-record prune-eater. • BROOM-BALANCING. Leo Bircher (Switzerland) holds the record for balancing a broom—on his nose—for a record time of two hours, one minute. • CHRISTMAS TREE-BALANCING. 82 seconds. • TYPING. In October 1987, Jens Seiler (Germany) typed 626 keystrokes, about 100 words, in a minute.

The boy bounced off a restaurant awning and landed softly in the doctor’s arms. “He didn’t have a scratch,” said Bensignor. Making this truly lucky was that on just about any other day, the awning over the seating area would have been retracted, but because it was a bank holiday, the restaurant was closed and the awning was there. BABY GOES FOR A SWIM When three-year-old Demetrius Jones’s grandmother awoke from her nap, the boy was missing. So was his battery-operated ride-ontop Chevy Silverado toy truck.

ON GOLDEN POND (1981) I Spy…Spencer Tracy’s hat Where to Find It: On Henry Fonda’s head. The fishing cap that he wore in the film (his last) was a gift from co-star Katharine Hepburn. It was the first time the two legends had worked together. Spencer Tracy, who’d died in 1967, was Hepburn’s longtime lover. ” TRUE GRIT (2010) I Spy…the Boston Red Sox logo Where to Find It: On Matt Damon’s head. He tries to work in a nod to his favorite team in all his movies. But how could he do It takes 5 liters of water to produce 1 liter of bottled water.

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