{"id":15866,"date":"2012-11-15T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T08:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=15866"},"modified":"2012-11-15T01:17:55","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T09:17:55","slug":"two-pioneering-female-journalists-raced-each-other-to-beat-the-fictional-character-phileas-fogg-from-around-the-world-in-80-days-in-1889","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/two-pioneering-female-journalists-raced-each-other-to-beat-the-fictional-character-phileas-fogg-from-around-the-world-in-80-days-in-1889\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Pioneering Female Journalists Raced Each Other To Beat The Fictional Character Phileas Fogg from &#8220;Around The World In 80 Days&#8221; in 1889"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/two-pioneering-female-journalists-raced-each-other-to-beat-the-fictional-character-phileas-fogg-from-around-the-world-in-80-days-in-1889\/tifo-quick-fact-around-the-world-in-80-days-race\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15867\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15867\" title=\"TIFO Quick Fact- Around the world in 80 days race\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/TIFO-Quick-Fact-Around-the-world-in-80-days-race-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/TIFO-Quick-Fact-Around-the-world-in-80-days-race-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/TIFO-Quick-Fact-Around-the-world-in-80-days-race--340x357.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Text Version:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1888, Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) discussed with her editor at &#8216;New York World&#8217; an idea to write a story, and beat the fictitious character &#8216;Phileas Fogg&#8217; in Jules Verne&#8217;s book &#8220;Around the World in 80 Days&#8221; by actually accomplishing the feat in less than 80 days. The story became so big that competing New York newspaper &#8220;Cosmopolitan&#8221; sent its own reporter Elizabeth Bisland to race Nellie Bly, by going in the opposite direction as Bly. So on November 14th, 1889 Bly set off on a steamer headed to Europe, while Bisland departed westward from New York, on a 24,899-mile race around the World. Bly beat both the fictional &#8216;Phileas Fogg&#8217; from the book and Bisland for a total travel time of 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. Bisland reached four and a half days later, but they both beat Jules Verne&#8217;s character Phileas Fogg from the book.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Text Version: In 1888, Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) discussed with her editor at &#8216;New York World&#8217; an idea to write a story, and beat the fictitious character &#8216;Phileas Fogg&#8217; in Jules Verne&#8217;s book &#8220;Around the World in 80 Days&#8221; by actually accomplishing the feat in less than 80 days. 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