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This Man Came Up With 101 Uses For His Ex-Wife's Wedding Dress

As Kevin Cotter tells the story, when his wife of 12 years moved out of their Tuscon, Ariz. home in 2009, she left behind just one thing: Her old wedding dress, pristinely preserved in his closet....

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BIKINIS, PIERCINGS AND VIDEO GAMES: The Year In World Records

In our society people are always trying to out-do one another.The Guinness World Records helps recognize some of these feats that are extraordinary and somewhat odd.In 2011, a new world's tallest man...

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PHOTOS: A Strange New Guinness World Record Was Broken Last Night

To generate excitement about the upcoming summer Olympic Games in London, London & Partners, the organization that promotes tourism for London, recently launched a campaign to break 20 Guinness...

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A 17-Year-Old Just Passed His Series 79 Making Him The 'World's Youngest...

For all you Series 79 test-takers out there, marinate on this...Seventeen year-old John Wang Clow is now the world's "youngest licensed stockbroker", according to the World Records Academy.In August,...

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The Crazy Life Of A 26-Year-Old Who Judges Guinness World Record Attempts

Mike Janela speaks about measuring the world's largest ice cream sundae and meeting the world's strongest man with the same gravity that market analysts use to talk about commodities prices.Janela, the...

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A Rockstar Violinist Was Just Named The Fastest Person On Earth

Violinist Ben Lee, who can play Flight of the Bumblebee at an average of 15 notes per second, is declared the quickest human on the planet.Judges and scientists working on the Discovery Channel show...

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China Has Set Some Truly Insane World Records

It's no secret that China is competitive.They have the fastest train in the world, a brand founded by the "Steve Jobs of China" that's actually beating Apple sales in China, not to mention all of their...

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This Incredible Rube Goldberg Machine Shows All Of World History

This crazy contraption, created in 2011 by the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers, held the Guinness World Record for the largest Rube Goldberg Machine ever (before another team from Purdue...

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A Chef Built The World's Largest Gingerbread Village In His Bronx Apartment...

By day, Jon Lovitch is the executive sous chef at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. But by night, he's the creator of what has become, officially, the largest gingerbread village in the...

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Why South Korea's Yuna Kim Is Supposed To Crush Everyone In Olympic Figure...

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, 19-year-old Korean figure skater Yuna Kim made history.Known as the "Queen of the Rink," she broke three world records during the competition: both the highest...

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If You Can Text This Bizarre Sentence In Less Than 18 Seconds You'll Break A...

"The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human."That's the phrase you'd have to type on...

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The World's Largest Video Game Collection Is Up For Sale

The Guinness-approved record holder for the largest video game collection in the world has decided for a trade-in.Polygon reports that Michael Thomasson has decided to sell his gargantuan haul of video...

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A 60th Anniversary Guinness World Records Book Features The Oddest...

London (AFP) - From super-long tongues to leaping cats, a host of weird and wacky landmarks have made the cut for the 60th anniversary edition of the Guinness World Records book out on Thursday.The new...

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Welcome To The Lightning Capital Of The World

LAKE MARACAIBO Venezuela (Reuters) - When Venezuelan environmentalist Erik Quiroga was five years old, his mum showed him a spot on the horizon where magnificent lights appeared from a huge storm most...

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Volunteers in Ecuador just planted 647,250 trees – in one day.

Catequilla (Ecuador) (AFP) - Ecuador broke the world record for reforestation Saturday, as thousands of people pitched in to plant 647,250 trees in a single day, President Rafael Correa said."I have...

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This Oregon cat just set a world record for being the oldest pet feline at 26...

(Reuters) - An Oregon cat with a fondness for sharp cheddar and catching mice has become the oldest pet feline in the world at 26 years and 13 days, Guinness World Records officials said on...

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This is the world's oldest pet cat

(Reuters) - An Oregon cat with a fondness for sharp cheddar and catching mice has become the oldest pet feline in the world at 26 years and 13 days, Guinness World Records officials said on...

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Here's the story behind the 58-letter town name in Wales that everyone is...

Despite looking like what happens when someone falls asleep on their keyboard, Llanfairpwll-gwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob-wllllantysiliogogogoch is actually the name of a town. Yes, it's 58 letters long,...

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The most incredible world records of 2015

From skateboarding dogs to arrow-shooting toddlers, check out these impressive world records from 2015.Story by Allan Smith and editing by Jeremy DreyfussINSIDER is on Facebook: Follow us hereSEE ALSO:...

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112-year-old Israeli Holocaust survivor could be the world's oldest man

An Israeli Holocaust survivor may be the world's oldest man at 112, Guinness World Records said Thursday, providing he can find the documents to prove it.His family say Yisrael Kristal was born in...

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