Despite the literal meaning of Grimstad — ‘sour town’ — its roughly 20,000 permanent residents are widely known for their genuine happiness. Probably because of the region’s good weather and the picturesque landscape surrounding the archipelago that stretches 500km from Oslo to the southern tip of Norway.
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This year marks the 75th running of the All-American Soap Box Derby, an Akron institution that has left a stream of colorful memories in its wake.
In honor of the event’s milestone, here are 75 facts about the derby:
Its origin
1. The derby was inspired by neighborhood boys racing homemade cars on a Dayton street in 1933. When Dayton Daily News photographer Myron Scott spotted them, he convinced his newspaper to sponsor a citywide race. On race day, 40,000 spectators turned out to watch 362 kids race cars built of orange crates, sheet tin and baby buggy wheels  … More
Cliff diving is a very spectacular and thrilling sport. The athletes perform multiple flips and twists in the air but the most critical part of each dive is the end. The barani and the water entry have to be perfect to bring a good dive to a perfect end. To get the high score of ten the divers need a rip entry with almost no splash. Even though this part of the dive looks simple, the athletes need years of practice to execute their entries perfectly. Before they can raise the degree of difficulty of their dives, their entries must be a 100% perfect.