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The sea is the universal sewer.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
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Jacques Yves Cousteau
Age: 87 †
Born: 1910
Born: June 11
Died: 1997
Died: June 25
Biologist
Conservationist
Engineer
Explorer
Film Director
Filmmaker
Innovator
Inventor
Marine Biologist
Oceanographer
Montalon
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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