A well located in Great Valley, New York, actually inhales and exhales because of variations in barometric pressure. Most of the great memorials built around the world are in memory of the dead. But there's a memorial in Edinburgh, Scotland that was built for the opposite reason. It's an honor of someone who escaped death. It's carved in the stones of a house that had collapsed, trapping a young man under piles of stone and timber. On the memorial, there's a portrait of the boy and the words with which he greeted his rescuers. "Heave away, chaps. I'm not dead yet". Believe It or Not!
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