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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Jack Churchill was a badass

Jack Churchill. He did more than just invent a new kind of surf board. When I first heard about him I assumed that Neal Stephenson had based his 'Shaftoe' characters (from cryptonomicon and the baroque cycle trilogy) on him.

Total badass.
Posted by Taking it like a man at 1:45 PM
Labels: history, people

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