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    | In "Everything to Gain", he & his wife touched upon their later lives & Habitat for Humanity | 
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    | Nearly all of Botswana's 225,000 square miles is made up of this desert | 
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    | Dating back to the 700s B.C., the ruins of this ancient city can be found outside Tunis | 
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    | In this film Cary Elwes as the Dread Pirate Roberts calls Chris Sarandon a "warthog-faced buffoon" | 
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    | In 1884 Mark Twain offered him a $50,000 advance for his "Personal Memoirs", which he finished just prior to his death | 
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    (Alex: [*] in the Sudan.  Yes.)
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