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Captain James Cook
Born 1728 · Exploration
Mapped the Pacific, reached Australia
Marie Curie
Born 1867 · Science & Invention
Radioactivity, first woman Nobel laureate
Lise Meitner
Born 1878 · Science & Invention
Discovered nuclear fission, overlooked for Nobel
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