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The Real Indiana Jones Was Good Will Hunting Meets Jurassic Park
Published 2 years, 8 months ago
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Roy Chapman Andrews, the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones, led a series of expeditions to the Gobi Desert in China and famously first discovered fossilized dinosaur eggs. Andrews also died almost a dozen times while fighting off bandits, a horde of poisonous snakes, and a boat-hating whale.
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