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Starting a thread on unsung heroes so that all of us know.
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Whoever isn't interested stay away! https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-brilliant-life-and-tragic-death-of-aaron-swartz-177191/

He was a child prodigy, an Internet pioneer and an activist who refused to back down - even when the feds tried to break him

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/07/coronavirus-chinese-rage-death-whistleblower-doctor-li-wenliang

Demands for freedom of speech in the wake of Li Wenliang’s death have been censored by the authorities amid widespread outpouring of anger

https://herald.dawn.com/news/1154045

In a survey conducted by the Herald in 2017, Edhi was voted the "Most influential Pakistani after Jinnah"

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-only-reason-still-alive-16052422.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Unknown to the world, Russian officer Vasili Arkhipov single-handedly averted nuclear war at the height of the Cuban missile crisis

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24280831

Stanislav Petrov tells the BBC how a decision he made 30 years ago may have prevented a nuclear war.

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