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Re:Oliver Sacks has died by rodgerd on Sunday August 30, 2015 @07:11PM (#10144735)
> my once-firm muscles melted away by cancer

A less-known side of Sacks: he held the California state record for a 600 lb squat in his younger years.

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Re:Oliver Sacks has died by dredmorbius on Monday August 31, 2015 @02:26AM (#10145706)
A number of photos are floating around Reddit:

600# squat, while interning in San Francisco: http://i.imgur.com/BhetDWl.jpg

On the beach: http://i.imgur.com/RSjcMzm.jpg

In Greenwich Village, 1961: https://i.imgur.com/6VIaPX1.jpg

More recently, swimming: https://jennifernew.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/imgres.jpg

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Re:Oliver Sacks has died by bashinator on Sunday August 30, 2015 @07:45PM (#10144806)
He also had a collection of every atomic element. That's no small accomplishment.
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Re:Oliver Sacks has died by girvo on Sunday August 30, 2015 @11:13PM (#10145264)
Oh wow, that's genuinely impressive. I'm guessing it wouldn't have the synthetic elements, but still -- amazing.
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Re:Oliver Sacks has died by octatoan on Monday August 31, 2015 @04:45AM (#10145995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GIDDaF26zE
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Re:Oliver Sacks has died by dylanjermiah on Monday August 31, 2015 @02:33AM (#10145734)
Wow, I had no idea. That's truly impressive, especially for the time.
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