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[UNKNOWN]: Thank you.

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[SPEAKER_00]: On this day, August 7, 1947, Thor hired on, and his crew reached Polynesia on the Kuntiki, a raft made mostly from Balsa wood.

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[SPEAKER_00]: They had sailed from Peru across the Pacific, for 101 days to show that ancient people could have made long ocean voyages using simple materials.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Hyardau's larger theory about Polynesian settlement is debated, but the voyage itself was a remarkable test of endurance, navigation, and risk.

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[SPEAKER_00]: The raft survived the ocean, even if the idea behind the trip remained controversial.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 7th, 1782, George Washington created the badge of military merit, which later became associated with the Purple Heart.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 7th, 1944, the Harvard Mark 1 computer was formally presented at Harvard University.

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[UNKNOWN]: Thank you.