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India’s rock capital Shillong celebrates Dylan’s music, Nobel Prize

India's rock capital Shillong celebrates Dylan's music, Nobel Prize

Shillong, often described as “India’s rock capital”, is leading the way in honouring the American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan for winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. On Sunday, the Meghalaya capital reverberated with Dylan numbers — “Mr. Tambourine Man”, “Blowin’ in the Wind”, “The Times They Are a-Changin” and many more at the downtown Café Shillong and Cloud 9. …

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Albatross: Bird Encyclopedia for Kids

Albatross - Bird Encyclopedia for Kids

Kingdom: Animalia Family: Diomedeidae Order: Procellariiformes Class: Aves Albatross — Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds allied to the procellariids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific. They are absent from the North Atlantic, although fossil remains show they once occurred there too and …

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Canada Guinness World Records: Longest lobster roll

Canada Guinness World Records: Longest lobster roll

Charlottetown, PE, Canada – October 3, 2016 – The Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association broke the Guinness World record for the World’s Longest Lobster Roll at the Prince Edward Island International Shellfish Festival; the final lobster roll length measured in at 120 Feet (36.5 metres). The Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association broke the record for the World’s Longest Lobster Roll …

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Germany Guinness World Record: Heaviest Rideable Bicycle

Germany Guinness World Record: Heaviest Rideable Bicycle

Berlin, Germany – September 11, 2016 – Using giant tires from an industrial fertilizer spreader and scrap steel, Frank Dose has built a bicycle weighing 940 kilograms (2,072 pounds) and with tyres more than 1.5 metres in diameter, it sets the new world record for the Heaviest rideable bike. Photo: Frank Dose constructed world’s heaviest rideable bicycle from scrap steel, …

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USA World Record: Most expensive soufflé

USA World Record: Most expensive soufflé

New York, NY, USA – August 20, 2016 – Petrossian’s “Secret Soufflé” — so called because it’s an off-menu item—is a $2,500 soufflé containing about 30 grams of Royal Reserve Ossetra caviar (Petrossian’s priciest variety) and quail eggs in the center, and topped with a mosaic of gold leaf; this Secret Soufflé sets the new world record for the Most …

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UK Guinness World Records: Most sheep sheared in nine hours

UK Guinness World Records: Most sheep sheared in nine hours

London, UK – August 3, 2016 – Donegal man Ivan Scott beat the Guinness World Records title for the most sheep sheared in nine hours, at Trefranck Farm in Cornwall, England; Ivan (33) from Kilmacrennan near Letterkenny, Co Donegal, Ireland, sheared 867 lambs in just nine hours, thus setting the new world record for Most sheep sheared in nine hours. …

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UK Guinness World Records: Largest Exercise Ball Class

UK Guinness World Records: Largest Exercise Ball Class

STRATFORD, UK – July 26, 2016 – Yoghurt brand Müllerlight set a new record for the largest exercise ball class with help from Team GB Olympians and members of the public; more than 391 participants joined in the 30 minute class to break the Guinness world record and make exercise ball history. Photo: More than 391 participants joined in the …

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