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The Death-Defying Attempt to Circumnavigate the World in a Canoe
In 1901, the Canadian mariner John Voss set sail from British Columbia in a modified dugout canoe. He was headed for ...
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Turkish Airlines sets Guinness World Records™ title for the “Most Countries Flown to by an Airline”
Turkish Airlines has a 30-country lead over its closest competitor in this hard-to-break record Turkish Airlines, which has held the title of flying to the most countries in the world since 2012, has ...
‘A whole different wiring system’: the extreme athletes who pushed limits in 2024 – and why they might not be crazy after all
Have you ever dreamed of running the length of Africa? How about summiting Mount Everest three times in less than two weeks?
World's fastest object completes NASA sun mission
A NASA probe made history Christmas Eve after becoming the closest human-made object to the sun, a feat scientists say was as ...
NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records
Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun's atmosphere.
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AAA predicting record breaking holiday travel once again
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Monday, Dec. 23, is the last peak travel day with the end of the year holidays in full swing. AAA predicts record breaking travel numbers once again. “I am excited and so is ...
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The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun
NASA/Naval Research Laboratory/Parker Solar Probe Supported by By Becky Ferreira This Christmas Eve, a vehicle will travel at incomprehensible speed around ... its own record as the fastest ...
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Holiday travel expected to break records this year, AAA says
AAA is projecting that 119 million people will travel at least 50 miles domestically during this holiday season, surpassing 2023’s numbers by 3 million and eclipsing the previous record set in ...
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Holiday travel tips as record-breaking trips fill the roads
In total, the domestic travel projection for 2024 narrowly surpasses the previous record set in 2019 by 64,000 travelers, according to AAA. So, if you're on the road over this holiday season ...
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Millions face wintry weather for what could be a record-setting holiday travel season
More than 119 million people are expected to travel for Christmas and Hanukkah, which both fall on the same day this year, through the New Year, a figure that would break a travel record set in ...
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AAA holiday forecast: Record-breaking travel expected on roads, at airports
A record-breaking number of Americans are expected to travel between Saturday, Dec. 21 and New Year's Day, according to new predictions from AAA. An estimated 119.3 million will travel 50 miles or ...
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Long-distance holiday travel could set US record as 119M expected to hit the road, skies
Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in ... during the rush around Thanksgiving ...