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  2. List of pedestrian circumnavigators - Wikipedia

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    June 20, 1970 – Oct. 5, 1974 Duration 4 years, 3 months, 16 days Distance 23,250 kilometres (14,450 mi) Name Steven M. Newman: Newman became the second man independently verified to walk around the world on April 1, 1987, exactly four years after his departure. His walk was very similar to Kunst's, covering four continents and 14,500 miles.

  3. Circumnavigation world record progression - Wikipedia

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    3 July 2002 Spirit of Freedom balloon, first solo aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling from Northam, Western Australia [32] Steve Fossett: 67 hours, 1 minute, 10 seconds 28 February 2005 3 March 2005 GlobalFlyer first solo nonstop un-refueled fixed-wing aircraft flight around the world from Salina, Kansas [33] [34] [35]

  4. History of polymerase chain reaction - Wikipedia

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    The other paper, mainly describing the OR analysis assay, was submitted to Science on September 20, 1985, and was accepted in November. After the rejection of Mullis' report in December, details on the PCR process were hastily added to the second paper, which appears on December 20, 1985 .

  5. 4-6-4-4 - Wikipedia

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    Swiss classification: 3/5+2/4 up to the early 1920s, later 5/9 The sole example of this arrangement was the PRR Q1 . This locomotive was essentially a prototype in the development of the PRR Q2, a 4-4-6-4 .

  6. Robert Garside - Wikipedia

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    Garside's first effort from Cape Town, South Africa, in early 1996 was abandoned in Namibia, [5] and his second attempt, begun on 7 December 1996, started from London's Piccadilly Circus [5] [8] but was abandoned at the Russia-Kazakhstan border around June 1997; Garside initially covered up the break in running with fabricated diary entries (), for which he later apologised saying that he had ...

  7. Polymerase chain reaction - Wikipedia

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    A strip of eight PCR tubes, each containing a 100 μL reaction mixture Placing a strip of eight PCR tubes into a thermal cycler. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method widely used to make millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample rapidly, allowing scientists to amplify a very small sample of DNA (or a part of it) sufficiently to enable detailed study.

  8. World Runners Association - Wikipedia

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    The World Runners Association (WRA) was established on October 1, 2014 and is a not-for-profit organization. Jesper Kenn Olsen and Tom Denniss created the World Runners Club, a subsidiary organisation under the umbrella of the World Runners Association.

  9. Tom Denniss - Wikipedia

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    Tom Denniss (born 24 February 1961 [1]) is an Australian athlete, inventor, scientist, and entrepreneur.A Doctor of Mathematics and Oceanography, he invented a technology to convert energy in ocean waves into electricity, [2] also played professional rugby league, was a finalist in the Australian of the Year Award, [1] and in 2013 set a new world record for the Fastest Circumnavigation of the ...