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July 21, 2016 09:17 am PDT
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The story of Donald Crowhurst, who tried to fake sailing around the world in 1968.
In 1968 British engineer Donald Crowhurst entered a round-the-world yacht race, hoping to use the prize money to save his failing electronics business. Woefully unprepared and falling behind, he resorted to falsifying a journey around the world. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe the desperate measures that Crowhurst turned to as events spiraled out of his control.
We'll also get some updates on Japanese fire balloons and puzzle over a computer that turns on the radio.
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