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When no one wanted to build the world's tallest and fastest water slide, Jeff Henry built it himself.

So when Verruckt was completed, and it was time to test the 168-foot coaster in his Kansas City, Kansas, water park, the choice of test riders was rather easy.

The guinea pigs: Henry, owner of Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts; Henry's assistant; and head designer John Schooley.

"It was terrifying," Schooley said. "It was great fun, but it was actually terrifying."

The slide finally opened to the public on Thursday, July 10, after several weeks of delays. Technical glitches forced the original May 23 opening date to be pushed back three times, a park spokesperson said.

Officially certified by Guinness World Records in May, Verruckt -- which is German for "insane" -- is 5 feet taller than the previous record holder, a water slide at a Rio de Janeiro country club.

Verruckt is precisely 168 feet 7 inches tall. To put that free fall in perspective, it's longer than a plunge at Niagara Falls.

Schooley stressed, however, that the ride is more than a single drop, calling it an "extreme thrill" without comparison.

"You have three or four experiences on the ride," he said. "There is a 3-second free fall before you get launched into a weightless situation for a few seconds, and then you come down like a roller coaster and have a long splash down."

The origins of Verruckt are as extreme as the ride itself.

According to Schooley, owner Henry was at a trade show and simply decided he wanted to build the tallest, fastest water slide at one of his five Schlitterbahn water parks. He immediately shopped the idea to vendors, who declined, but he refused to be denied.

1. What water slide is the biggest in the world?
2. What does that mean?
3. Who created it?
4. How tall is it?
5. Who tested it?
6. Where?
7. Did they think it was a good time?
8. How else did they feel?
9. When did it open for everyone?
10. Did they encounter any issues with the opening?
11. What happened?
12. Who used to hold the record for the tallest slide
13. So, is it just one big fall?
14. How many elements are involved with the ride?
15. What is without comparison?
16. When did the owner decide to build it?
17. How many places does he own like this?
18. Was everyone on board with his plan?
19. Who was against it?
20. Did he give up?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Verruck
2. "insane"
3. Jeff Henry
4. 168 feet 7 inches
5. Jeff Henry and John Schooley
6. Kansas City, Kansas
7. Yes.
8. Terrified
9. Thursday, July 10
10. Yes
11. Technical glitches.
12. A Rio de Janeiro country club.
13. No.
14. 3 or 4
15. The Verruckt
16. At a trade show
17. Five
18. No
19. Vendors
20. No

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"How many common English words were invented by Shakespeare?" How long did it take people to find the answer to this question 15 years ago? And now! you can google it and find the answer immediately! Google is the most popular Internet search engine in the world. It was invented by two students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They met in 1993, when they were studying computer science at Stanford University, USA. They dreamed of producing something that could also answer any question in seconds. Internet search engines at that time were slow and gave many websites that weren't useful. In January 1996, Page and Brin decided to make a better and faster search engine. They thought the results should be based on the most popular websites. Nobody would give them money for their project, so they used their own money. They also borrowed money from family and friends. Then, in 1998, they were given a _ for $100,000, and they started their own company. Their first office was in a friend's garage. The company's name is Google, a word which comes from mathematics. A "google" is a very high number---- 1 followed by a hundred zeros. The google search engine was soon used by thousands of people worldwide because it was fast, easy and correct. By 2002 it was the biggest search engine on the Internet. Now, more questions have been answered by Google than any other Internet service, from sport to science, and from music to medicine. Google hopes that in the future all the world's information will be put on the Internet, so that everybody can find everything.

1. What is google?
2. When was it created?
3. by who?
4. How did they know each other?
5. What was their dream?
6. Did they have a lot of contributors?
7. How did they fund it?
8. Were was their office?
9. where did the name come from?
10. What does it mean?
11. Did many use it?
12. Was it used just in the US?
13. Is it a large company now?
14. Have there been a lot of searches?
15. how many?
16. What are there hopes for the future?
17. HOw quick can you find an answer now?
18. What year did they decide to do this?
19. by 2002 what happened?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. a search engine
2. in 1998
3. Larry Page and Sergey Brin
4. They met studying computer science at Stanford University, USA
5. To produce something that could answer any question in seconds
6. No
7. Their own money, borrowing from family and friends, and finally given a loan for 100,000
8. in a friend's garage
9. a word from mathematics
10. a very high number---- 1 followed by a hundred zeros
11. yes
12. No
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. more questions have been answered than any other Internet service
16. all the world's information will be put on the Internet
17. immediately
18. 1996
19. it was the biggest search engine on the Internet

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The Heian period (, Heian jidai?) is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185. The period is named after the capital city of Heian-kyo, or modern Kyoto. It is the period in Japanese history when Buddhism, Taoism and other Chinese influences were at their height. The Heian period is also considered the peak of the Japanese imperial court and noted for its art, especially poetry and literature. Although the Imperial House of Japan had power on the surface, the real power was in the hands of the Fujiwara clan, a powerful aristocratic family who had intermarried with the imperial family. Many emperors actually had mothers from the Fujiwara family. Heian (?) means "peace" in Japanese.

The Heian period was preceded by the Nara period and began in 794 A.D after the movement of the capital of Japan to Heian-kyo (present day Kyoto), by the 50th emperor, Emperor Kanmu. Kanmu first tried to move the capital to Nagaoka-kyo, but a series of disasters befell the city, prompting the emperor to relocate the capital a second time, to Heian. The Heian Period is considered a high point in Japanese culture that later generations have always admired. The period is also noted for the rise of the samurai class, which would eventually take power and start the feudal period of Japan.

1. what was part of japanese history?
2. when was it
3. who influenced it?
4. who married the aristocratic family?
5. what does Heian mean?
6. what came after the Heian time?
7. when
8. what is sought after?
9. who tried to move it?
10. was it succeeded?
11. how many times was it moved
12. who had the power?
13. what happened at the end?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. The Heian
2. from 794 to 1185
3. three religions influenced it
4. somebody married the imperial family
5. peace in Japanese
6. Nara
7. started in 794 A.D
8. movement of the capital to Kyoto
9. Emperor Kanmu
10. no
11. twice
12. samurai had it
13. the rise of the samurai