🎂 Raft explorer Thor Heyerdahl is born (1914)
Where: Larvik, Norway
📅 On This Day: October 6
October 6, 1914: Raft explorer Thor Heyerdahl is born. Explorer Thor Heyerdahl was born in Larvik, Norway. In 1947 he and his crew crossed the Pacific from South America to Polynesia on a balsa-wood raft called Kon-Tiki. That very raft is now in a museum in Oslo.
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🧠 Question of the day
What did Heyerdahl cross the Pacific on?
- A balsa-wood raft
- A hot-air balloon
- A submarine
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Answer: A balsa-wood raft
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October 6, 1914: Raft explorer Thor Heyerdahl is born. It happened in Larvik, Norway.
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