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Left-hand traffic ( LHT) and right-hand traffic ( RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the right side of the road, respectively. They are fundamental to traffic flow, and are sometimes called the rule of the road. [1] The terms right- and left-hand drive refer to the position of the driver and the steering wheel in the vehicle and are, in ...
List of Ferris wheels. The original Ferris Wheel with a height of 80.4 metres (264 ft) next to the Ain Dubai, the current tallest Ferris wheel, with a height of 250 metres (820 ft). The Ain Dubai can carry 1750 people. The gondolas are each about twice the size of a city bus, and can be reserved for private parties.
Third World. The term " Third World " arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. The United States, Canada and their allies represented the "First World", while the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, and their allies represented the "Second World".
Wheel. An early wheel made of a solid piece of wood. A wheel is a rotating component (typically circular in shape) that is intended to turn on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction with axles, allow heavy objects to be moved easily ...
The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, [2] [3] was designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as the centerpiece of the Midway at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois . Since its construction, many other Ferris wheels have been constructed that were patterned after it.
Ain Dubai ( Arabic: عين دبي; lit. 'eye of Dubai') is an inoperable Ferris wheel at Bluewaters Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. When it opened in October 2021 it was the world's tallest giant observation wheel, at a height of 250 m (820 ft). It has not been operational since March 2022.
The Ljubljana Marshes Wheel is a wooden wheel that was found in the Ljubljana Marsh some 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, in 2002. [1] Radiocarbon dating, performed in the VERA laboratory ( Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator) in Vienna, showed that it was approximately 5,100-5,350 years old, which makes it the oldest wooden wheel yet discovered. It was ...
Wagon Wheel (song) " Wagon Wheel " is a song co-written by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show. [2] Dylan recorded the chorus in 1973; Secor added verses 25 years later. Old Crow Medicine Show's final version was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 2013.