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The Russian Family That Cut Itself Off From Civilization for More Than 40 Years By the time the geologists made contact with the family, the Lykovs had been living away from the world for approximately 40 years. World War II had passed without their knowledge, and Smithsonian reported that Karp didn't believe that we had landed on the moon - though he had a feeling we had at least made it to space, judging by the streaking satellites he had observed. "People have thought something up and are sending out fires that are very like stars," he said.
The family remained in the dark about much of the progress of the 20th century, and they were greatly interested in the new technology they were shown. Dmitry, in particular, was astonished by a circular saw that could accomplish in moments what would take him hours or days to finish. Karp, on the other hand, seemed most excited by the geologists' gift of salt, which the family patriarch described as "true torture" to live without.
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