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Throughout history, in various wars and conflicts, there have been a number of historic victories won by a smaller force, against a larger foe. Conditions and situations for these sorts of military victories against the odds have been numerous. Some victories have been pivotal to the conflict they were part of, or provided inspiration for the ...
According to the legend he practiced sorcery, performing amazing feats such as swallowing a bull in front of the crowd of over 20 people; his alias comes from his alleged ability to fly. [2] Some researchers believe his reported magical arts were illusion as a type of group hypnosis . [ 3 ]
Joan was the first person in history to fly solo around the world at the equator, the first person to complete the longest single solo flight around the world, the first woman to fly a twin-engine aircraft around the world, the first woman to fly the Pacific Ocean from west to east in a twin-engine plane, the first woman to receive an airline ...
January 20 - Kamala Harris inaugurated as the first woman to serve as Vice President of the United States, making her the most powerful woman in America's political history, first in the line of succession to the US Presidency. January 20 - Kamala Harris became the first woman President of the United States Senate in U.S. history.
Orm Stórolfsson, also known as Orm Stórolfsson the Strong [1] (fl. 1000 CE), was an Icelandic strongman who gained considerable attention during his lifetime for extraordinary feats of strength. He is documented in the Icelandic saga book to have walked three steps with the mast of Ormrinn Langi , weighing 650 kilograms (1,433 lb) and 10 ...
If an animal’s strength were measured relative to its body size – insects would be some of the strongest animals on earth. For entertainment purposes, in this video we will define strengths in ...
Johnny Vander Meer's elusive record of back-to-back no-hitters in 1938 has been described as "the most unbreakable of all baseball records" [1] by LIFE. Some Major League Baseball (MLB) records are widely regarded as "unbreakable" because they were set by freak occurrence or under rules, techniques, or other circumstances that have since changed.
No team, in the Super Bowl era, has averaged more than 5.5 yards per rushing attempt over the course of a season. So the Dolphins’ 6.5 per-carry average through six games is pretty staggering.