Big wave surfer Garrett McNamara was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on August 10, 1967. The western Massachusetts city is nowhere near a coastal area.
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Among the most notorious serial killers in living memory, Jeffrey Dahmer's deeds shocked the world when everything came to light after his arrest in 1991.
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While deadliest from 1346 to 1352, the Bubonic Plague may have existed (and infected) humans for much longer than scientists and historians originally thought.
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The FBI confirmed that fingerprints found on the weapon belonged to 40-year-old James Earl Ray, who was subsequently named the primary suspect in the shooting.
Surfer Garrett McNamara has tackled some of Earth's biggest waves. He made it to Guinness World Records in 2011 for the largest wave surfed. Does it still hold?