Nightmare on Elm TRIVIA QUIZ!

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Today is Friday the 13th, believed by some to be an unlucky day in English, German, Polish, and Portuguese-speaking cultures. The 13th is unlucky in Greece or Spain, but only if it falls on Tuesday. In Russia the unlucky day is Monday the 13th. Though many stories trace the reason for the alleged bad luck back to as early as biblical times, apparently all such stories were concocted within the past century. The first documented mention of a "Friday the 13th" is generally listed as occurring in the early 1900s.

Chicken Days begin today in Wayne, Nebraska, when humankind pays tribute to chickenkind.

On this day in 2003, Richard Rodriguez, a university teacher from Chicago, set a world record by completing more than 70 hours on one of Europe's steepest roller-coasters. The 42-year-old smashed the previous record of 35.5 hours, traveling on the Epedition GeForce train at Germany's Holiday Park in Hassloch. He was allowed 15 minute breaks every eight hours. Doctors accompanied him on the 75 miles per hour, 203-foot high ride.

Speaking of records, here's some trivia: In 1991, Timothy Badyana set a Guinness World Record by running 10 kilometers in 45 minutes 37 seconds in Dayton, Ohio. What was this world record for?

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