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Top Five Most Special World Records
Every one knows the world records and feels curious about them. Do you want to know the most special world records? Let’s have a look of them!
1. Japan: World’s longest paper plane flight
For 11 years Takuo Toda had been trying to break the Guinness record for the longest paper airplane flight. Last April, he achieved his goal: His glider, folded from a light sheet of sugarcane, stayed in the air for 27.9 seconds.
2. Thailand: World’s biggest stingray
You wouldn’t want to encounter this fella while swimming: In February 2009, a National Geographic expedition reeled in a two-meter-wide stingray. The beast is estimated to weigh between 250 and 400 kgs.
3. China: World’s largest egg
In June 2009, a Suiling County hen popped out a Godzilla-sized egg. At 201 grams, this egg is about four times the weight of a regular one. Owner Zhang Yinde says her hen is perfectly ordinary, apart from its penchant for stealing dog food.
4. India: World’s longest dosa
Comedy film star Rajendra Prasad presided over the rolling of the world’s largest dosa last August in Mumbai. With the help of 16 chefs, he prepared a 9.9 meter crepe in under 40 minutes.
5. China: World’s biggest sushi roll
In May 2009, Jackie Chan celebrated the Shanghai opening of his sushi chain, G Sushi, by revealing the world’s largest sushi roll. Not even the martial arts star could wrap his arms around the colossus.
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South – Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition [VHS] $29.95 When Frank Hurley loaded his cameras onto the Endurance in August 1914, ready to set sail with Ernest Shackleton’s Trans-Antarctic expedition, he had no idea of what he would end up filming. This silent movie, released in 1919, contains Hurley’s record of the expedition, and of what happened when the ship became stuck in the ice, leaving the explorers with little hope of rescue. Of course, we know… |
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Lewis & Clark – The Journey of the Corps of Discovery [VHS] $6.99 Product Details Actors: Hal Holbrook, Adam Arkin, Murphy Guyer, Sam Waterston, Matthew Broderick Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC Language: English Rated: NR (Not Rated) Number of tapes: 2 Studio: Pbs Home Video VHS Release Date: November 10, 1998 Run Time: 240 minutes… |
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National Geographic Video: Last Voyage of the Lusitania [VHS] $0.96 Why did Germany torpedo the Lusitania, a civilian vessel? And why did such an enormous ship sink so fast? Now, take a high-tech plunge beneath the Irish Channel and relive one of the century’s most mysterious maritime tragedies: The date is May 7, 1915, just nine months into World War I. A German U-boat torpedoes the Lusitania – one of the largest and fastest luxury liners in the world. Of the… |
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National Geographic – Lewis & Clark – Great Journey West $9.83 Jeff Bridges narrates this exhilarating National Geographic documentary that chronicles the journey taken by the 19th-century adventurers as they travelled across an untamed American landscape in the name of exploration. 40 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; “making of” featurette…. |
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Lewis & Clark – The Journey of the Corps of Discovery $13.23 Their two-year, 8,000-mile odyssey helped to open the American West, and now documentarian Ken Burns traces the 1804-1806 expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their party through the newly-acquired Louisiana Territory, from St. Louis, up the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, to the shores of the Pacific. 4 hrs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo…. |
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Ghosts of the Abyss $6.98 Even without its original 3-D IMAX presentation, James Cameron’s Ghosts of the Abyss is still an eerily elegant tour of history’s most infamous shipwreck. Six years after his original journey to the rusting hulk of the Titanic (where he captured footage for his 1997 blockbuster), Cameron returned to the wreckage with actor Bill Paxton, a team of Russian and American scientists, the world’s most kn… |
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Opteka Excursion Series C500 Waterproof Canvas Shoulder Bag for Photo and Video Cameras with 4GB Memory Card and Reader and More! $59.95 The Opteka C500 Khaki canvas bag with leather trim is designed to carry a rangefinder or a small digital SLR camera with an attached lens, 2 additional lenses, flash and accessories. The bag is constructed from dual laminate waterproof canvas with a high-density, fully removable closed-cell dura-foam interior with two dividers. It has a quick-fold top layered over a fully zippered layer for either… |
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Opteka’s Traveler’s Essentials Kit by Opteka Package Includes Excursion Series C950 Full-Size Waterproof Canvas Backpack, Heavy Duty Tripod, 8GB SD Memory Card and Much More! For Nikon D90, D3100 & D5000 Digital SLR Cameras $139.95 The Opteka C950 Khaki canvas backpack with leather trim is designed to carry 1-2 rangefinders or digital SLR cameras with an attached lens, 2-3 additional lenses, 1-2 flashes and accessories in the lower section. The upper section can hold even more equipment, food and cloths. The backpack is constructed from dual laminate waterproof canvas with a high-density, closed-cell dura-foam interior with … |
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Opteka’s Traveler’s Kit by Opteka Package Inlcudes Excursion Series C900 Full-Size Waterproof Canvas Bag, FTR56 54-Inch Heavy Duty Tripod, 16GB SD memory card and Much More! $139.95 The Opteka C900 full size Khaki canvas bag with leather trim is designed to carry 2 rangefinder or digital SLR cameras with an attached lenses, 2-4 additional lenses, flash, up to a 14″ laptop or ipad and accessories. The bag is constructed from dual laminate waterproof canvas with a high-density, fully removable closed-cell dura-foam interior with two dividers and a fully removable section for a … |
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National Geographic Hidden Hawaii DVD America’s newest marine sanctuary, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, encompasses the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The monument is bigger than all U.S. national parks combined—yet the majority of this environment has never been seen. What is in this vast marine conservation area? And, what will it take to protect it? National Geographic embarks on a month-long expedition to explore… |