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and fix up our Earth." The first "Clean Up the World" event took place in 1993. By 2007 some 35 million people from 80 nations turned out to clean up their part of the world and in 2017 it was estimated that 120 nations took part.
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solo around-the-world yacht race. He finished 6th out of a fleet of 25 yachts from 11 countries, setting an
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