General Jan Žižka, Bohemian Hussite leader, had a strange request on his deathbed. He directed that his skin be made into a military drum, so that even after death he might still lead his soldiers against the Germans. Mensen Ernst, a Norwegian, was the greatest long-distance runner who ever lived. He ran from Paris to Moscow in two weeks, over poor roads in all kinds of weather, and swam 13 rivers on the way, yet he averaged 125 miles a day. He averaged 95 miles a day for 59 days in a race from Constantinople to Calcutta and return, a distance of 5,625 miles. Believe It or Not!
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