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Former Major League Baseball relief pitcher, Arthur Rhodes, had the most consecutive scoreless games.  He had a scoreless streak of 33 games while pitching in relief for the Cincinnati Reds  over a 30-inning span from 13 April to 26 June 2010. Rhodes’ feat matched the Major League Baseball (MLB) record for most consecutive appearances without allowing a run, a record previously set by Mike Myers of the Colorado Rockies  in 2000 and Mark Guthrie of the New York Mets  in 2002.

 

Source: www.guinnessworldrecords.com, SPOKEO

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The record for the longest road train is 1,474.3 m (4,836 ft 11 in) where a single Mack Titan prime mover, driven by John Atkinson (Australia), towed 113 trailers for a distance of approximately 150 m (490 ft) in an event sponsored by Hogs Breath Café, in Clifton, Queensland, Australia on 18 February 2006. This length is the equivalent of 156 London buses!

Source: Guinness World Records

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Flag Day

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Origin

The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America’s birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885.

BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as ‘Flag Birthday’.

In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the following years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as ‘Flag Birthday’, or ‘Flag Day’.

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