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The rider in the bathing suit picture is Rollie Free, an American, racing on the Bonneville Salt Flats on 13 September 1948. Free was determined to break the land speed record in the “Flying Mile.” His first pass hit 148 mph (238 km/h), which broke the record, but Free was determined to break 150. Noticing that his riding leathers had started to come apart at the seams from the force of the wind, Free borrowed a bathing suit, cap, and a pair of tennis shoes and lay down on the bike. With the decreased drag, Free broke 150 mph (240 km/h), topping out at 150.313 mph (241.905 km/h)

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This is the guy Dick Cheney shot during a hunting accident

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