Top Items About Distances
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| Images | backwards bicycle world record | Christian Dithmarschen was once challenged by the renowned showman Kurt Felix to attempt a new world record by playing J. S. Bach on his violin while cycling a distance of several km -- pedaling backwards. With his music stand in the seat post, Dithmarschen covered a distance of 60.45 km. Among the surprises? Dithmarschen was astonished by the quality of the sound produced inside motorway tunnels along the route. | root | 705 | |
| Anecdotes | Bee Metric | The French physicist Rene-Antoine de Reaumur was so impressed by the geometrical perfection of the hexagonal cells in... | Anonymous | 70 | |
| Trivia | Trivia about Records, Birds and Flying | The Artic tern boasts the longest migration of any bird on Earth, flying over 25,000 miles to southern waters and back. | Anonymous | 54 | |
| Anecdotes | Dirac`s Theorem | "Being a great theoretical physicist, Dirac liked to theorize about all the problems of daily life, rather than to... | Anonymous | 48 | |
| Trivia | Trivia about China, Length and Construction | The latest construction on the Great Wall of China took place in the Ming Dynasty when over 6,000 kilometres was built.... | Anonymous | 35 | |
| Images | That's helpful! | is this in australia? | root | 34 | |
| Trivia | Trivia about Records, Swimming and Whales | Gray whales boasts a longer migration than any other ocean animals: about 12,500 miles per year. | Anonymous | 34 | |
| Trivia | Trivia about Records, Insects and Migrations | Monarch butterflies boast the longest insect migrations on Earth: some 2,000 miles. | Anonymous | 32 |
