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Old 02-12-2009, 09:31 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Apparently they can swim across the Atlantic in 25 days... 85 miles per day... or can they?

Get Outdoors - Jennifer Figge Didn't Really Swim Across the Atlantic - Getoutdoors.com Outdoor Blog
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How did the story get published originally? No one was skeptical enough to do some simple math before just shotgunning it out there?

Man, that is sad.
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Welcome to the viral news era.
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Reminds me of something that an ex-coworker of mine who was frequently caught unprepared in meetings used to say:

"If I can't dazzle them with brilliance, I try to distract them with Bull****!"
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I hate long surface swims too...
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