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Wow Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race In Alaska

Richie Diehl team charges out of the chute over trucked-in snow at the 2015 ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race in downtown Anchorage, Alaska March 7, 2015. The timed portion of the race, which typically lasts nine days or longer, begins on Monday in Fairbanks, about 300 miles (482 km) away. Traditionally held in Willow, the timed start was moved to Fairbanks this year to accommodate an alternate trail selected after race officials deemed sections of the traditional path unsafe. REUTERS/Mark Meyer (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT ANIMALS SOCIETY)

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09 Mar 2015 13:22:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Gorillas Take To The Streets Of The City In Annual Charity Race

Competitors dressed in a gorilla outfits prepare ahead of the Great Gorilla Run on September 24, 2011 in London, England. Hundreds of people dressed in gorrilla suits participated in the 7 km run around the City of London which is hoped will raise £400,000 GBP, anabling funding for projects dedicated to the protection and preservation of Gorillas. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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25 Sep 2011 11:05:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 2016

A musher handler with Alan Eischens team embraces one of Eischen's dogs just before the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that begins a near 1,000-mile (1,600-km) journey through Alaska’s frigid wilderness in downtown Anchorage, Alaska March 5, 2016. (Photo by Nathaniel Wilder/Reuters)

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07 Mar 2016 11:02:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Robots Replace Child Jockeys In Dubai Camel Races

A camel foams at the mouth as he is whipped by a robot jockey during a race at Nad al-Sheba on December 6, 2006 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This is the first season that robotic jockeys have been used to race camels in Dubai. Controversially children from India were used to ride the camels in past seasons. These robot jockeys costing 15000GBP and up, were designed in Geneva and include shock absorbers and GPS tracking systems. The camel's owners control them from their speeding four wheel drives at the side of the track. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

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01 May 2011 09:01:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Flashmob: Water Battle on All-Russian Exhibition Center in Moscow

Flashmob: Water Battle on All-Russian Exhibition Center in Moscow, Russia, on August 5, 2012. (Photo by Lilja Dal)

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05 Aug 2012 11:25:00,post received 0 comments

Fact World Heritage Gassho Zukuri Farmhouses Hold Water-Discharge Exercise

Water is seen discharged over the traditional farm houses at Shirakawa-go, the UNESCO World Heritage site on November 9, 2014 in Shirakawa, Japan. This annual drill is held to prevent fire. (Photo by Kaz Photography/Getty Images)

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10 Nov 2014 14:02:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Flashmob: Graduates from St. Petersburg Arranged Dancing In Water

Flashmob: graduates from St. Petersburg, Russia arranged dancing in water on June 2012.

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10 Jun 2012 10:12:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Tainan Hosts First Ever Office Chair “Grand Prix” Race

A competitor laughs while taking part in the office chair race ISU-1 Grand Prix in Tainan, southern Taiwan April 24, 2016. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

A competitor laughs while taking part in the office chair race ISU-1 Grand Prix in Tainan, southern Taiwan April 24, 2016. It was the first time such a race was held in Tainan, as part of the “ISU-1 GP” (Grand Prix) that began in Japan in 2010, according to businesses on Jhengsing Street and Haian Road in the city's West Central District and the city's Tourism Bureau, which organized the event. The fastest rider only took six seconds to complete the 30-meter race. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

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