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| All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Samuel Butler |
| There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right. Woodrow Wilson |
| I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five. Charles Barkley, making NBA playoff predictions, 1994 |
| Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. Calvin Coolidge |
| If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. Margaret Fuller |
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| Operations : Fastest amputation - The shortest time recorded for a leg amputation in the pre-anesthetic era was 13-15 sec by Napoleon's chief surgeon, Dominique Larrey. There could have been no ligation of blood vessels. |
| Multiple Births : Quindecaplets It was announced by Dr Gennaro Montanino of Rome that he had removed by hysterotomy after four months of pregnancy the fetuses of ten girls and five boys from the womb of a 35-year-old housewife on 22 Jul 1971. A fertility drug was responsible for this unique instance of quindecaplets. |
| Miscellaneous Endeavors : Whip cracking - The longest whip ever "cracked" is one of 184 ft 6 in (excluding the handle), wielded by Krist King of Pettisville, OH on 17 Sep 1991. |
| Miscellaneous Endeavors : Milk bottle balancing - The greatest distance walked by a person continuously balancing a full pint milk bottle on the head is 61 miles Ashrita Furman at Jamaica, NY on 23 May 1992. It took him 15 hr 2 min to complete the walk. |
| Motorcycles : Biggest pyramid - The ASC Tornadoes, a motorcyle display team of the Indian Army, established a world record with a pyramid of 45 men on eight motorcycles. The pyramid was held together by muscle and determination only, with no straps, harnesses or other aids. It traveled a distance of 874 yd on 6 Jun 1992 at Manekshaw Parade Ground, Bangalore, India. |
