Category: humour

How wide is the Beam? Again?

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In fact the Beam is 10 centimetres wide (3.93701 inches) as fixed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) Apparatus Norms brochure.

Kohei playing Pokemon Go in Rio

… the six-time world champion, ran up a 500,000-yen ($4,900) cellphone bill playing Pokemon Go thanks to international roaming charges …

… the reigning gold medalist in the all-around competition was able to get his Japanese provider to reduce the bill to a daily $30 flat rate.

“I really lucked out,” he said. …

Washington Post

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Acrozorbing? Zorbnastics?

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In 1994 Dwane van der Sluis and Andrew Akers conceived the idea for a type of sphere in Auckland, New Zealand, calling their invention the “Zorb”.