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The Three Poles is an adventurer’s challenge to reach the North Pole, the South Pole, and the summit of Mount Everest. The first person to reach all three locations was Edmund Hillary.
The Travers Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is nicknamed the "Midsummer Derby" [2] and is the third-ranked race for American three-year-olds according to international classifications, behind only the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. [3] First held in 1864, it is the oldest stakes race in the United States ...
This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when flying horizontally. The bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives. [1][2] A close relative of the common swift, the ...
The nest of the Peruvian booby is made of almost pure guano. Human-made Guano Island near Walvis Bay in Namibia Guano (Spanish from Quechua: wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats. Guano is a highly effective fertiliser due to the high content of nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium, all key nutrients essential for plant growth. Guano was also, to a lesser extent, sought for the ...
Marathon des Sables (often abbreviated MDS) is an international organization that hosts several formats of ultra-endurance footraces, most of them held in food self-sufficiency conditions. [1] The flagship event, now known as MDS Legendary, dates back to 1986 and takes place every year in the Moroccan Sahara, covering around 250 km in six stages. [2] Since 2017, the organization has expanded ...
The following is a list of episodes of the Korean reality-variety television comedy series Infinite Challenge (Korean: 무한도전; RR: Muhandojeon). The show's regular run ended on March 31, 2018, after 563 episodes. It was followed by three special episodes that ended on April 21, 2018.
There is also a Daytona 675 one-make series called Triumph Triple Challenge. This is run in conjunction with Bemsee Race Club and operated under the Motorcycle Racing Organisation (MRO) format. It is a series run by T3 Racing over nine rounds, with a 2007 entry cost £12,000, which included ownership of a Daytona 675.
Balanites aegyptiaca - MHNT Detail of fruit Balanites aegyptiaca (also known as the Egyptian balsam and Lalob in Sudan [3]) is a species of tree, classified as a member of either the Zygophyllaceae or the Balanitaceae. [4] This tree is native to much of Africa and parts of the Middle East. [5] There are many common names for this plant. [6] In English, the fruit has been called desert date ...