, the CR400AF-G train, a high-speed bullet train, can not only reach speeds up to 350 kilometers per hour (217 miles per hour), but it can also withstand temperatures reaching as low as -40 degrees Celsius (also -40 degrees Fahrenheit).
The new train is owned and operated by China State Railway Group and made its debut in Beijing on Jan. 6. The train is meant to connect the capital city to some of China s northeastern destinations, hence the reason for it to be cold resistant.
The train will operate between Beijing and cities like Shenyang and Harbin, CNN
reported. Harbin is located in China s coldest state and is home to the annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. It s currently not clear when the train will be fully operational and able to transport passengers.
According to
, a leisurewear company in the UK, Bedroom Athletics, is looking for a slipper tester to try out the brand s fuzzy slippers.
Potential candidates should, of course, be slipper connoisseurs who know the difference between loafers from slide-ons or even the oft-neglected slipper sock. In addition, this job would require extensive periods at home in order to test the new products. While this may be easy to do at the moment, with new COVID-19 lockdowns being implemented all over the world for the time being, the position will also run for the next year.
The chosen candidate will be asked to wear and test brand-new products before they are available to the public. They ll need to wear each product for two, 12-hour days per month, over the course of 12 months.
How much can you do while holding your breath?
For the average person, not very much before we start gasping for air again. But for Danish free diver Stig Severinsen, he can make it 202 meters (or about 663 feet) underwater, according to CNN
.
Guinness World Records has announced that Severinsen has claimed the title for longest distance swam underwater with one breath using fins (open water, male). The 47-year-old achieved this goal on Nov. 26 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, according to Guinness.
The record was previously set back in 2016. Severinsen beat the previous record by 25 meters (about 82 feet). When the world was hit by Covid-19 almost a year ago, I was looking for a way to show that the pandemic was not an excuse to forget our priorities for nature, or put our ambitions on standby, Severinsen told Guinness World Records. On the contrary, my message is that the globe is an amazing place and that our body together with our brain can achieve the most inc
Yip-Yip! The voice cast of
Avatar: The Last Airbender virtually reunited Saturday evening to discuss the beloved Nickelodeon series and its pop culture legacy more than a decade after the program left the air. Also present was the show s voice director, Andrea Romano, who explained why the project was so groundbreaking for the world of animation. According to her, the project really helped the anime style become appreciated as a respected . art-form for kids programming. They turned a corner in a big way, she said, going on to reference the fact that while classic anime (like Gigantor and
Kimba the White Lion) had beautiful animation, their voice-work was God-awful. She continued: [Creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko] knew from the get-go . what was going to happen 60 episodes later. They had it mapped out in stories, three books of 20 episodes each and had it figured out what each of you [the actors] would be doing. That s pretty remarkable.
And if you can get a good hotel stay at the same time, all the better.
A hotel in Redding, California is offering visitors a special place to park and charge their Teslas, and even people who don t own the car can get in on the fun.
Red Lion Hotel Redding, part of the North America hospitality company, Red Lion Hotels Corporation, is a popular destination for travelers looking to explore the area around Redding, California. Near the hotel enjoy gorgeous views of the Sundial Bridge and the Sacramento River, as well as its close proximity to Lake Shasta and lots of places to explore the great outdoors.