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#202: wing-ding

12/28/2015

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getting ready now
the annual wing-ding starts
in only three days!
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Pyrotechnics engineer Wilson Mao (third from left) has designed and staged every major fireworks display in Hong Kong since 1997.
Did you know... ? 
  • 90% of all fireworks originate from China
  • The first recorded fireworks in England were at the wedding of King Henry VII in 1486
  • A record breaking 56,000 firework rockets were launched simultaneously in a spectacular opening to the Plymouth, UK Fireworks Championships by Scientist Roy Lowry
  • At first fireworks were only orange and white. In the Middle Ages new colours were achieved by adding different salts. The hardest colour to create is blue
  • The record for the largest firework display consisted of 66,326 fireworks and was achieved in Portugal in 2006
  • Queen Elizabeth was so fascinated with fireworks that she created an honorary title, "Fire Master of England" for the individual who created the best fireworks
  • The largest chocolate firework was measuring 3m high and 1.5m in diameter and containing 60kg of Swiss Cailler chocolates. The firework was released in Zurich on New Year's Eve 2002 — [Hey, wait a minute... chocolate fireworks!?!? Why did I not know about this? I must investigate.]
More fireworks fun facts here. 

DEFINITION of this 2-syllable noun:
  1. Slang. a noisy, exciting celebration or party.
  2. Slang. a fit, either induced by drugs or feigned.
  3. Slang. a fit of anger; a rage.
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