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https://nyadfactcheck.com/annex/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1975-page1-with-sigs-lo.jpg509393In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first human to swim across the English Channel. One hundred years later, the Channel Swimming Association published the Centenary edition of their Channel Swimming Handbook. Diana Nyad didn't like some of the facts it cites, so she made up alternative ones.