Monday, January 04, 2010
Famed Italian explorer Marco Polo never learned to swim.
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- Biography of Marco Polo
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3 Comments
This is not surprising. Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail solo around the world in 1895, also could not swim. I think that might have been common for sailors and explorers back then
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Jeff Tarabi, at August 31, 2006 10:57 AM
Additionally, I don't recall anyone lost at sea actually swimming any distance to shore...
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Anonymous, at May 13, 2008 10:50 AM
This like saying the person who invented hop-scotch was confined to a wheelchair. I love this blog.
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The Boogie Knights, at March 03, 2009 1:00 AM
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