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Mercedes invented a car controlled by joystick :

                The joystick in the 1966 Mercedes F200 showcase car controlled speed and direction, replacing both the steering wheel and pedals. The car could also sense which side the driver was sitting in, so someone could control it from the passenger seat.

 

Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest:

                     Bees can fly higher than 30k feet above sea level, according to National Geographic. That's higher than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world

 

Cheetah details :

              The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world, reaching speeds of Up to 70 miles per hour.

Zebras Life

             Zebras can actually survive up to five day without drinking water? A male zebra is called a stallion, A female zebra is known as a mare, And baby zebras are called foals

Satellites Usage :

            Communications satellites help us communicate with people all over the world. Radio and television satellites beam our favorite songs, movies, and television shows to Earth for us to enjoy.

 

Big Ben :

        Big Ben is the bell, clock and Clock tower at the British Houses of Parliament. Big Ben was built between 1858 - 1856.  Big Ben is 152 years old. The clock pendulum is 13 feet and weight 690 pounds. The clock tower was completed in 1859. Big Ben is the most famous clock in the world. 

 

BICYCLE RACE:

     The first bicycle race is popularly held to have been a 1,200 meter race on the 31 May 1868 at the Par de Saint-Cloud, Paris.  It was won by expatriate Englishman James Moore who rode a wooden bicycle with iron tires.  The machine is now on display at the museum in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

     The Union Cycliste Internationale was founded on 14 April 1900 by Belgium, the United States, France, Italy, and Switzerland to replace the International Cycling Association, which had been formed in 1892, over a row with Great Britian as well as because of other issues.

     Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used.  There are several categories of bicycle racing including road

     Bicycle Racing, Time Trialling, Cyclo-Cross, Mountain Bike Racing, Track Cycling, BMX Bike Trials, Cycle Speedway.

     Speeds achieved on indoor tracks are usually greater than those on roads.  Other factors affecting speed are the route profile (flats and hills), wind conditions, temperatures and elevation.  At a 2009 event in Russia, Kevin Sireau achievved an average of 20.73 meters/sec with a flying start over 200 meters.  The speed over 1000 meters at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games was 16.39 meters/sec recorded by Chris Hoy.  Average  speeds clealy drop with increasing distance, so that over the 120km Cootamundra Annual Classic it is 11.78 meters/sec.  In the 259km 2010 Paris-Roubaix, the winner set a speed of 10.92 meters/sec while over the 818km Furnace Creek 508, the speed drops dramatically to 8.34 meters/sec.  For an extreme road distance such as the 4800 km Race Across America, the average speed of the record holder is 5.65 meters/sec, while the 2350 km Freedom Trail over mountainous terrain in South Africa is at a record speed of 1.9meters/sec.

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