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Usain Bolt World Records

Usain Bolt 200m World Record (Slow motion Chariots of Fire)

The world’s first sand castle hotel has recently opened at weymouth beach in the seaside town of dorset in the UK. The hotel was constructed from approximately 1000 tonnes of sand, built over 15sqm reaching a height of 4m. The open air family room with a sea-side view has a double and single bed made of sand which will set you back a mere $21 (£10) a night to sleep under the starry skies.

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A new book from J.K. Rowling, the author of the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series, will go on sale to the public in December, her charity announced Thursday. that she will publish a book of wizarding fairy tales in December and donate an expected $8 million (4 million pounds) in proceeds to her charity for vulnerable children. “The Tales of Beedle the Bard,” which will be published on December 4, is mentioned in the seventh and final ,Potter book as having been left to Harry’s friend Hermione Granger by Professor Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of their school Hogwarts.

“The Tales of Beedle the Bard” play a key role in the seventh and last Potter tome, “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.” The five wizardry fairy-tales are left to Potter’s friend Hermione Granger by headmaster Albus Dumbledore.

One of the tales appears in “Deathly Hallows,” but the remaining four are told for the first time.The 42-year-old author, who once lived on welfare, has become a billionaire, with the tales of the boy wizard translated into 64 languages.

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year 2007

Kruger National Park

Singita Kruger National Park is situated where two rivers meet, in an exclusive game-rich 15 000 hectares concession in the world-renowned Kruger National Park.Singita Lebombo Lodge has been designed around the theme of a luxury eagle’s nest with 15 loft-style suites perched high above the Nwanetsi River.Nestled low on the Sweni River, the more intimate Singita Sweni Lodge boasts six exclusive suites on the water’s edge.

Lebombo Lodge

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Sweni Lodge

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