Thursday, May 6, 2010

Around the world in 72 days for real!

Nellie Bly went around the world in 72 days and set a record.  Someone raced her and she won in 1890.   She only took a bag the size of a bread bag!  When she got to Yemen, she had to brush her teeth with a stick.

Around the world

Nellie Bly in her traveling clothes, 1890
 
image from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Nelliebly.jpg/200px-Nelliebly.jpg

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