Around the World in Eighty Days/Trivia

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  • Defictionalization: After the story was published, various people have made the attempt to travel the world within that time limit.
    • Nelly Bly accomplished the trip in only seventy-two days in 1889.
    • Jame Willis Sayre made the journey in fifty-four days, nine hours and forty-two minutes in 1903.
    • Michael Palin did it with 17 hours to spare.
    • Might be attempted any time, but ironically, the advent of air travel has made this harder, as it has replaced many of the old passenger ships and rail lines that Fogg relied on in his journey.
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