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3-4 hours On this day in 1890, intrepid New York journalist Nellie Bly completed her round-the-world voyage, aiming to beat the time it took Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's novel Around The World In Eighty Days. She made it in 76 - while exploring attitudes to women around the world, adopting a monkey and meeting Jules Verne himself. Read her account of her adventures online.
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