Fun Facts – 5 February 2014

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Fun Fact #1

On 21 May 2004 Pem Dorjee Sherpa broke the record for the fastest ascent from the Everest basecamp to the summit of the mountain, completing it in 8 hours and 10 minutes.

When he climbed the mountain again on 30 May 2005, it was with his girlfriend, Moni Mulepati. Upon reaching the summit they exchanged wedding vows, making them the first ever couple to get married on top of Mount Everest.

Fun Fact #2

Daryl Franklin Hohl- later Hall – and John William Oates met in 1967 while participating in a band competition at the Adelphi Ballroom in Philadelphia. At the time they were both heading their own bands.

Gunfire suddenly rang out between two rival gangs, and Hohl and Oates, trying to escape, ran to the same service elevator. There they discovered that they both attended Philadelphia’ Temple University and that they both enjoyed the same type of music.

They started meeting each other on a regular basis and eventually shared numerous apartments in the city. The duo's name came about because a mailbox at one of their apartments had the inscription "Hall & Oates" on it.