A fly alighting on a steel bar will cause the steel to bend under its weight. An instrument called an interferometer can detect the deflection. The chiefs of the Bashilele tribe in the Republic of the Congo rate alonlupungu, a wraparound dancing skirt made of the fiber of raffia palm leaves. While dressing for a dance, the chief has two attendants hold up the 18-yard-long skirt. He spins into it by performing 18 pirouettes. A chief named Lakomalo demonstrated his nimbleness by performing a total of 58,000 pirouettes. The non-stop exhibition required 18 summer hours. Believe It or Not!
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