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The World’s Largest Subway Systems The Moscow subway serves 3.2 billion riders a year A Short History of the American Subway Boston was America’s first Major Railroad Accidents The U.S. worst railroad disaster took place in 1918, killing 101 Encyclopedia: The History of the Railroad From the earliest railroads to high speed passenger service Planes Famous Planes The world’s most notable passenger, fighter, bomber, experimental, and spy planes Famous Firsts in Aviation From the first balloon flight to today’s non-stop 10,000-mile passenger airline flights The World’s Busiest Airports Atlanta’s airport caters to more passengers than any other Aircraft Crashes The u....

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Team Dressage: 1. Germany (5,632 pts); 2. Netherlands (5,579); 3. United States (5,166). Individual Show Jumping: 1. Jeroen Dubbeldam (Sjiem) NED (4.00 pts); 2. Albert Voorn (Lando) NED (4.00); 3. Khaled Al Eid (Khashm Al Aan) KSA (4.00). Team Show Jumping: 1. Germany (15.00 pts); 2. Switzerland (16.00); 3. Brazil (24.00). Individual 3-Day Event: 1. David O’Connor (Custom Made) USA (34.00 pts); 2. Andrew Hoy (Swizzle In) AUS (39.80); 3....

Album of the Year: 21 - Adele Record of the Year: Rolling in the Deep - Adele New Artist: Bon Iver Best Pop Solo Performance “Someone Like You” - Adele Song of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep” - Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Paul Epworth Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Body and Soul” - Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse Pop Vocal Album: 21 - Adele...

Thawing gender relations on the ice Related Links 2018 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia: Ancient OlympicsCurling Through the YearsEncyclopedia: Curling Curling is one of four winter Olympic sports being contested indoors. The other three are hockey, figure skating, and speed skating. The sport of curling dates back to the early 1500s in Scotland and was reportedly brought to North America by British troops in the 1700s during the Revolutionary War....

You probably know that seeing-eye dogs help blind people. But did you know that hearing dogs help deaf people, alerting their owners to doorbells, alarms, sirens and people calling them? Specially trained capuchin monkeys can help quadriplegics—people who can’t use their arms or legs. The monkeys can change CDs, scratch itches, fetch food and even comb hair. Female pigs use their ample snouts to find truffles—a tasty fungus that grows underground....

Six-year-old Suzanna Goodin, tired of cleaning the cat food spoon, came up with the idea of an edible spoon-shaped cracker. She won a grand prize for her invention in the Weekly Reader National Invention Contest.Eight-year-old Theresa Thompson and her 9-year-old sister Mary were the youngest sisters to receive a U.S. patent. They invented a solar tepee for a science fair project in 1960. They called the device a Wigwarm.At age 9, Margaret Knight began working in a cotton mill, where she saw a steel-tipped shuttle fly out of a loom and hit a nearby worker....

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