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Bao, one of many swimming fans in Wuhan, will begin his big challenge on July 7 of swimming 1,200 kilometers along the Yangtze River to Shanghai. Bao said he has dreamed of swimming from Wuhan to Shanghai for 44 years.

Umnuayporn Tongprapai, a 274-kilogram woman believed to be the heaviest in Thailand, left her apartment for the first time in three years with the help of Bangkok city hall and the forklift.