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Longest Running Film Series

Martial Arts

Over 46 years, 103 features were made about the 19th century martial arts hero Huang Fei-Hong, starting with The True Story of Huang Fei-Hong (Hong Kong, 1949)

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First Manned Spaceflight – 1961

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

The earliest manned spaceflight was by Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (USSR) in Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961. Vostok 1 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, USSR, at 9:07 am and landed near Smelovka, USSR, 115 minutes later.

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Most International Telephone Calls By Country

Telephone

According to TeleGeography, of the 155 billion minutes of international phone calls made in 2002.

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Highest Ocean Temperature

Ocean Temperature

The highest temperature recorded in the ocean is 759 F (404 C)

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