The weekly newspaper with the highest circulation is Argumenty i Fakty, founded in 1978 in Moscow, Russia, which attained a circulation of 33,431,100 in May 1990, with an estimated readership of over 100 million. Argumenty i Fakty, founded in 1978, is a Russian newspaper publisher controlled by Promsvyabank. It also operates in magazine publishing and advertising services and provides online versions of its publications. Current circulation: 2,750,000 (NCS, February 2008).
The highest walls climbed with feet only in 30 seconds is 13.3 m (43 ft 7.6 in) and was achieved by Gao Guixian (China) from Shao Lin Tagou Martial Arts School in Dengfeng City, Henan Province, China, on 12 November 2009. The attempt was one of the outdoor events for Zheng Da Zong Yi-Guinness World Records Special.
The highest vertical wall run is 4.00 metres (13 ft 1 in) and was achieved by Erwan Suquet (France) on the set of Le Monde des Records, Paris, France, on 28 September 2009. Erwan went head to head against two other free runners but they failed to jump higher than the old record mark of 3.85 metres.
Homo sapiens may not be well adapted to living in trees – we lack tails and opposable toes – and there is no fossil evidence to suggest that we ever did. However, tree-dwelling is common in certain remote tribal jungles, and in basin of the Brazza River in west Papua, Indonesia, the Korowai people build the tallest tree-houses of all. Using only the natural resources to hand, the Korowai can erect sturdy habitations high off the ground on stilts or, higher still, in the tips
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On 28 October 2010, at a location about 120 miles west of Madrid, Spain, a team of British space enthusiasts launched a paper aeroplane into space from a helium balloon at an altitude of 89,591 feet (27,307.39 m) or 17 miles above the earth’s surface. The plane, Vulture 1, had a wingspan of three feet, was made of paper straws, covered in paper and it took a year to construct. The balloon was equipped with two cameras and tracker devices, and both plane and balloon
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The world record for the highest wine cellar is CN Tower’s “Cellar in the sky” located 351m (1,151 ft) above ground in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, designated on 8 November 2006 as part of the celebrations for Guinness World Records Day.
Although the budgets for Bollywood films are still far lower than those of Hollywood blockbusters, top Indian stars can still command an even higher percentage of a film´s production budget – reportedly up to 40%. As the salaries of Bollywood stars are never officially revealed, their financial success is usually ranked according to how much tax they pay each quarter. Shah Rukh Khan, star of Devdas (2002) and My Name is Khan (2010), is the number-one tax payer from Bollywood for the second quarter of
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The world record for the oldest racehorse to win on the flat was aged 19 years. Al Jabal, a pure bred arab, ridden by Brian Boulton, owned by Andrea Boulton (both UK) won The Three Horseshoes Handicap Stakes (6 furlongs) on 9 June 2002 at Barbury Castle, Wiltshire, UK. Al Jabal is a chestnut gelding, whose date of birth is 5 April 1983 and is registered with the Arab Horse Society.
The fastest 100m hopping on one leg was set by Rommell Griffith (Barbados) in 15.57 sec as part of the Barbados World Record Festival at the Barbados National Stadium, St Michael, Barbados on 31 March 2007.
In 2004 the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad returned to Athens, Greece, the birthplace of the modern Olympic in 1896 and home of the ancient Olympics. The ancient Olympic Games, so called because they were originally held on the plains of Olympia, can be accurately traced back to July 776 BC, when Coroibos, a cook from Elis, won the foot race, though their origin dates from perhaps as early as c. 1370 BC. They attracted famous competitors such as Socrates, Pythagoras, Aristotle and Hippocrates. Events
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