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When the Englishman Brendon Grimshaw was forty, he quit his job and newspaper editor started a new life. For 13 thousand dollars, he bought a tiny uninhabited island in the Seychelles, and moved there permanently.
By this time the island for 50 years, untouched by human hands. As befits a truly Robinson, Brandon found a companion from among the natives. His name was Rene Laforten Friday. At the Brandon Rene began building his new house. While Rene came to the island only periodically, Brandon lived on it for decades, leaving nowhere. Alone.
For 39 years, Grimshaw and Laforten planted with his own hands 16 thousand trees and built a nearly 5 kilometers of trails. In 2007, Rene Laforten died, and Brandon was all alone on the island. He was 81. He drew on the island of 2,000 new species of birds and started more than a hundred giant tortoises that are elsewhere in the world (including the Seychelles) were on the verge of extinction. Through the efforts of Grimshaw at once deserted island is now two-thirds of the fauna of Seychelles. Abandoned piece of land turned into a real paradise. Several years ago, the Prince of Saudi Arabia suggested Brendon Grimshaw for the island of 50 million dollars, but Robinson refused. "I do not want the rich island has become a favorite vacation spot. It is better to let it be a national park, which can enjoy every ».
And he made sure that in 2008 the island declared a national park really.





2) Last summer Jay Cochrane spent walking a tightrope at a height of 177 meters. Over Niagara Falls. At age - 68 years.
In 53 years, he passed nearly an hour on a rope through the Chinese Yangtze River at a height of 640 meters - on live television, in front of 200 million viewers.
Why is he doing this? "At my age, maybe walking a tightrope only if you do it not for myself, but for others - says Cochrane. - I'm walking on a tightrope for the sake of children ».

For many years, Jay gets to the rope only on condition that his performances bring donations for a children's charity. During his career, he listed to help children have a few million dollars.



3) When Abid Surt was 70, he went to visit one of his friend and found that the proceeds of the faucet in the bathroom. A friend explained that he did not have enough money for a plumber, and not everyone will agree to a plumber to come for such a trifle. A few days later Abid caught the eye of statistics: one dripping faucet in the past month funneling thousands of liters of water. Then Surt had the idea to go on the affluent neighborhoods of Mumbai, and free repair faucets to anyone who they occur. So for the past 7 years he has kept for 5, 5 million liters of water.



4) Roger Allsopp swam the English Channel in 65 years. Then he picked up and crossed again - at 70. His swim lasted almost 18 hours at a water temperature of about 16 degrees. 200 meters from the shore, when it seemed that Allsopp completely exhausted, his girlfriend jumped into the sea, began banging his hands on the water and shout: "Swim! Swim! You almost made it! You see in front, on the banks of the light? This light is for you right now - everything! "
As swam, how to choose from the water, Roger Allsopp remembers. He came to himself only halfway home. After a swim lost weight 6 kg. But the expert personally Guinness World Records recorded the record: Roger was 70 years and 4 months.



5) Violet and Allen Lardzh won the lottery more than $ 11 million. And distributed this amount is not spent on a single cent. "Money - nothing, - says Allen, - compared to what we have each other" 78-year-old Violet and 75-year-old Allen Lardzh Canada happen to be millionaires. And decided to use all the winnings to good causes.

First of all, they donated money to hospitals (including oncology department in which Violet was undergoing chemotherapy). Considerable sums went to the local fire service, the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. Spouses Lardzh also allocated some amount of research on Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. Despite the huge win, Lardzh wife will continue to live very modestly. They did not buy anything for myself.
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