Gameof...
Fridges?
IcelanderHafþór JúlíusBjörnssonmight bebest knownasepic thugGregor
Clegane -akaTheMountain - in
Gameof Thrones
, butwhenhe’snot smashing
skulls for theLannistershehas a real-life role in theWorld’s StrongestMan’s top
three.Not onlycanhedead lift 450kg (roughly theweight of a full-grownhorse),
andpull achainof 10cars in record time, lastmonth themodern-dayVikingbroke
theGuinnessWorldRecord for carrying two fridges.Hemanaged20m in 19.6
seconds for anyonewhowants to try at home. (Don’t.)
hafthorbjornsson.com
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ROLLERCOASTERS
A record220newcoasters
werebuiltworldwide in
2015— roughlydouble
thenumberbuilt in2008
—and2016 ison track to
match that,with98already
scheduled tobebuilt. This
month, planswereapproved
forwhatwill be the tallest-
ever roller coaster. The
174m-highSkyscraper, in
Orlando, is set toopen in
2018.
mangos.com/skyplex
Itwill have the
highest inversion
in theworld
, and
the
steepest drop
in theworld, at
123degrees
Itwill be
theonly ride in
theworld tohave
twobeyond-
vertical drops
Itwill feature
seven inversions
,
including
zero-G rolls
and
raven turns
The steel trackwill
be
1,600m long
Theface
IZABELL,NORWAY
A formerDJwith
Norwegianhip-hopgroup
KriminellKunst, Izabell
found solo fameasa rapper
after enteringanNRKP3
(Oslo-based radio station)
competitiononawhim in
2014.Her entry–a remixof
LindaPira’s song
Knäppa
minafingrar
, allegedly
written in just anhour–won
theBest FemaleRapper
title, andacontractwith
Universal. Sincedebut single
Kavetdu
she’sbeen lying
lowbut bouncedbackonto
the scenewithherdebut
album,
Honningogaske
.
Catchher atBy:Larm, 2-5
March, andfind tourdates
on theweb.
izabell.no
At
174mhigh
,
The Skyscraper
will be theworld’s
tallest coaster
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