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**Title:** Resilience of the Human Spirit (with a dash of dark humor)
**Summary:**
The narrator shares three astonishing true stories of human survival:
1. **Phineas Gage** (19th century): Survived a tamping iron piercing his brain, but with severe personality changes. He died 12 years later.
2. **Ron Hunt** (2003): Accidentally drilled a 1.5-inch hole through his eye and skull, yet suffered no cognitive impairment.
3. **Greg Rasmussen**: A British conservationist who survived a plane crash in the African bush, fended off wildlife, and underwent over 100 surgeries to recover (albeit 3 inches shorter).
**Closing:** The narrator transitions to promoting **Dashlane**, a cybersecurity service, highlighting its importance in protecting against online threats, with a special offer for viewers.
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**Phineas Gage**
1. Phineas Gage was a 25-year-old railroad worker in mid-19th century Vermont.
2. Gage was involved in an accident while drilling a hole with gunpowder and a tamping iron.
3. The tamping iron pierced his cheek, went through his brain, and exited the other side, landing 80 feet away.
4. Gage survived the initial accident with brief twitching on the ground.
5. After the accident, Gage vomited "about half a tea cup full of the brain" at the doctor's office.
6. Gage made a near-complete physical recovery within months but suffered cognitive and personality changes.
7. Before the accident, Gage was described as an upstanding, hard-working citizen.
8. After the accident, Gage became an angry, incoherent drunkard, showing little regard for human life.
9. Gage was fired from his railroad job and later worked in various capacities, including at Barnum's American Museum.
10. Gage died at the age of 36 after a series of seizures.
**Ron Hunt**
11. Ron Hunt was an American construction worker who had an accident in 2003.
12. Hunt fell onto a 1.5-inch auger drill bit, which pierced his left eye and exited the back of his skull.
13. Despite the accident, Hunt suffered no cognitive impairment.
14. Hunt was self-employed and did not have insurance at the time of the accident.
15. The medical bills and rehabilitation costs were reportedly in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
**Greg Rasmussen**
16. Greg Rasmussen was a British animal conservationist working in Zimbabwe.
17. Rasmussen was tracking a highly endangered Rhino from a single-passenger plane when it crashed due to a gust of wind.
18. Rasmussen survived the crash but suffered severe leg injuries, likened to "used up tubes of toothpaste".
19. He was dehydrated before the crash and had to fend off wildlife, including elephants, hyenas, and lionesses.
20. Rasmussen was rescued after a day and night and underwent over 100 operations to recover.
21. As a result of his injuries, Rasmussen is now three inches shorter.
**Miscellaneous**
22. The narrator mentions Dashlane as a sponsor, highlighting its importance for cybersecurity and privacy.
23. Dashlane offers features such as password management, autofill, encryption, and a VPN for secure browsing.