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THE WORLD’S longest zip line has recently been revealed, which can reach speeds of up to 80 miles per hour. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
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Greenland: Top 10 facts about the world’s largest island
GREENLAND’S capital city, Nuuk, then known as the fort of Godt-Haab, was founded on August 29, 1728. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »World’s shortest scheduled flight – Ticket costs £36 and journey only lasts 69 seconds
ONE day in 1974, a pilot called Andy Alsop took off from a grass airstrip on the Orkney island of Westray and landed on a runway on the neighbouring island of Papa Westray 1.7 miles away exactly 69 seconds later. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Canadian wrestlers grapple with post-Olympic blues ahead of worlds
For some of Canada’s top wrestlers, this week’s world championships — running Monday through Saturday in Paris — will punctuate a difficult year, for individually unique reasons. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Aaron Brown rebounds from worlds DQ with 3rd-place finish in Diamond League
After being disqualified in the semifinals at the track and field world championships earlier this month, Aaron Brown responded by finishing third in the 200-metre race at the Diamond League event in Birmingham, England, on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Rollercoasters: Top 10 facts about the world’s favourite amusement ride
AUGUST 16 is celebrated by many people around the world as Rollercoaster Day. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »What we learned at the track & field worlds: Canada went viral (not in a good way)
The track and field world championships were supposed to be filled with golden goodbyes and a clash of rivalries. Unfortunately for athletes and fans, the farewells were not so fond, and it turned out that the biggest rivalry that played out over the past 10 days was between the human body and a stomach virus. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Melissa Bishop finishes 5th in 800m at track worlds
Canada’s Melissa Bishop finished fifth in the women’s 800-metres at the world track and field championships. The 29-year-old from Eganville, Ont., ran one minute 57.68 seconds. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Patagotitan Mayorum: Newly-Named Titanosaur Might Have Been The World’s Largest Animal
Patagotitan mayorum might not roll off the tongue like Tyrannosaurus rex or other iconic dinosaur names could, but this recently-dubbed dinosaur just might have been the largest and heaviest animal to ever walk the face of the Earth. According to National Geographic, the long-necked titanosaur got part of its new name from its place of origin — the area now ...
Read More »Yisrael Kristal, world’s oldest man and Holocaust survivor, dies at 113
Israeli media are reporting that the world’s oldest man, who lived through both world wars and survived the Holocaust, has died a month short of his 114th birthday. CBC | World News
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