June 20, 2026
In 1943 a Royal Air Force bomber was shot down by a German U-boat. Six crewmen survived but were stranded at sea in a single dinghy. They made sails from their shirts and caught fish using a net made from their underpants. They were rescued after 11 days.
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You may have heard that you can get water from a cactus if you are ever lost and dehydrated in a desert.* Sounds like a nice survival tip to store away, but is it really that easy? Turns out, a cactus is not actually a spine-covered basin of fresh water. Such a plant would not last long in an arid
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