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Yet Another Strange Job

Ringo Lingo — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:24:16 +0000

Did you know there is an underwater? hotel in Florida?? This is a hotel where people spend the night in? special rooms which are on the ocean floor.? This is about 30 feet below the surface.? However, if this seems strange, what is even stranger is that? there is a pizza delivery service where someone will? bring your pizza to you in a special waterproof case!? The pizza delivery person doesn’t use a bike to? deliver the pizza, instead, they scuba dive!? What a very strange job!

Another Strange Job

Ringo Lingo — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:23:03 +0000

Did you know there is a job called a body part model?? This is a job for people who have an exceptional? part of the body like amazing hands,? wonderful feet or even a stand out nose!? The great thing about a body part model is? they don’t need to be attractive all over,? they just need one really amazing feature.? So, if you have particularly wonderful? feet or an exceptional nose, perhaps there is? a new job opportunity waiting for you!

Strange Jobs

Ringo Lingo — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:21:47 +0000

Do you love water parks?? Did you know there is a job as a? professional water slide tester?? This is someone whose job is to? slide down the water slides!? When they do this, they test for safety? and how long it takes to go down the slide.? They also measure how much water is used.? Unfortunately, there are not too many? of these jobs available.? As we say, it’s nice work if you can get it!

Rubber Ducks – Lost At Sea

Kate Pullen — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:54:36 +0000

In 1992, a shipping crate was lost overboard by a cargo ship? which was travelling to the United States from Hong Kong.? The crate contained 28,000 rubber ducks.?

Since then, the rubber ducks have been washed up around the world.? Some have washed up on the shores of Hawaii, Alaska,? South America, Australia and the Pacific Northwest,? while others have been found frozen in Arctic ice.? Still others have somehow made their way as far? as Scotland and Newfoundland in the Atlantic.?

These rubber ducks have quite a following,? with people tracking their progress around the world.? While many of the ducks found their way ashore,? there are many still lost at sea with many of them? presumably floating around the Pacific Ocean.

How Many Sausages Would It Take To Surround the World?

Kate Pullen — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:35:53 +0000

Have you ever asked yourself how many? sausages it would take to surround the world??

Well, the answer is one large one!? Or, to be more precise, 421,842,105.?

How is this calculated?? We know the Earth’s circumference is? 40,075 kilometres which is 40,075,000,000 mm.? We also know that the average? pork sausage is 95mm in length.?

Therefore, if we divide 40,075,000,000 by 95? (the size of one sausage),? we get the total of 421,842,105 sausages.? Wow!

Beer Drinking Prime Minister

Ringo Lingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:23:10 +0000

For many people, serving as the Prime Minister? of their country would be their greatest achievement.? That might not be the case for the former? Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke.? In 1954, he gained the world record for drinking? 2.5 pints of beer in just 11 seconds.

Furthest Marshmallow Nose Blow

Ringo Lingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:17:26 +0000

This record may be just odd or? possibly a bit disgusting.? Not only does this require a marshmallow to be blown out of? someone’s nostril, to claim the record, the marshmallow must? also be caught in the mouth of a second person.? In 2012, Paul Prado and his catcher, Sophia Rojas? achieved a world record of 5.46m in Los Angeles.

Fastest Time to Crush Watermelons

Ringo Lingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:14:03 +0000

One odd world record involves crushing? watermelons with the thighs.? On June 26, 2014, Olga Liashchuk set the record? in Milan in Italy, by crushing three? watermelons in just 14.65 seconds.

Most T-shirts Worn at Same Time

Ringo Lingo — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 08:07:25 +0000

It may come as a surprise to learn that there is an? official world record for the most t-shirts worn at the same time.? On May 22, 2010, the Croation Krunoslav Budiseli? claimed the record by wearing a total of? 245 t-shirts simultaneously.? The t-shirts had a combined weight of 68kg and the world record holder? reported that he started to struggle around the 120th t-shirt.? The previous record was held by a Swede who wore 238 t-shirts.