Wednesday December 22, 2004 World's Tiniest Baby
The premature baby that is being called 'the smallest baby ever to survive' is getting ready to go home. The baby was 8.6 ounces when she was born in September. She now weighs over 2 pounds. Her twin was 20 ounces at birth and now weighs over 5 pounds.
Check out pictures of the twins, Rumaisa and Hiba, here.
( Dec 22 2004, 01:33:24 AM PST )
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Trivial Tidbits
The first man to push the Land Speed Record - the speed record for a self-propelled wheeled vehicles travelling over open ground - over 100 mph was Louis Rigolly. On 07/20/1904 in Ostend, Belgium, Rigolly drove the Gobron Brillié at an average speed of 103.56 mph (measured on a 1km course).
On 03/29/1927, in Daytona Beach, Florida, Major Henry Segrave pushed the Land Speed Record past 200 mph. He drove the 1000 hp Sunbean Slug at an average speed of 203.79 mph (measured on a 1m course).
A 300 mph Land Speed Record was first established on 09/03/1935 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Sir Malcolm Campbell drove the Blue Bird at an average speed of 301.129 mph (measured on a 1m course).
( Dec 22 2004, 12:51:36 AM PST )
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