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The Guinness World Records are full of some of the most ludicrous feats of human endurance and strength. But one of the most sought-after records – and one of the more difficult ones – may be the world...
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The Guinness World Records are full of some of the most ludicrous feats of human endurance and strength. But one of the most sought-after records – and one of the more difficult ones – may be the world...
View ArticleThis is the deepest swimming pool in the world
Y-40 The Deep Joy is the kind of pool that scuba and free divers dream of. It holds a Guinness World Record as the deepest pool for diving at 137 feet. It also has various features for divers of all...
View ArticleThe World's Largest Video Game Collection Just Sold For Over $750,000
The world's largest collection of video games has sold for $750,250.The collection has over 11,000 unique video games, and is officially recognized by Guinness Book of World Records. The official...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleChina 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...
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleIf 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe World's Largest Video Game Collection Just Sold For Over $750,000
The world's largest collection of video games has sold for $750,250.The collection has over 11,000 unique video games, and is officially recognized by Guinness Book of World Records. The official...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleWelcome 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...
View ArticleVolunteers 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...
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleHere'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,...
View ArticleThe 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:...
View Article112-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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