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Henri Giffard, Hot Air Balloon In Paris, 1878. Photo: Library of Congress.

Henri Giffard, Hot Air Balloon In Paris, 1878. Photo: Library of Congress.

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Rival journalists Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland raced around the world in 1889. Facing treacherous…

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