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A teenage boy called Ben Under- wood lost his sight to cancer when he was 3 years old. He learned to use echolocation (orientation in space by sound that e.g. bats use) in order to sense his surroundings. he was able play table soccer, basketball, he did karate, roller blades, enjoyed pillow fights and much more, died on Janu- ary 19, 2009 at the age of 16, from the same cancer that took his vision. T he English are always very polite and considerate to their neighbors. That is probably why it is illegal in London to beat your wife after 9 p.m. (16th century law). I n Mexico escapees are not charged for anything and no extra time is add- ed to their prison sentence. I n Argentina, there is a guitar-shaped forest. It is made out of 7,000 trees and was planted by a farmer in 1979 as a tribute to his deceased wife. Being scared of flying, the farmer himself has never seen his creation first hand from above. 42