Number of View: 509Dodging vicious creatures, unfriendly weather, a 55-year old adventurer swam non-stop to cross the frighteningly dangerous Amazon river for 66 days, while covering 3,274 miles. With a bulging belly and thinning hair, Martin Strel is not your average adventurer with Greek-god like features but he surely has the guts to defy age [...]
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Number of View: 1087Tokyo 2016 today showcased its ability to engage with global youth in unique fashion by unveiling the most iconic ambassador in Olympic history – the world’s largest robot proudly bearing the Bid’s logo on his powerful left shoulder. Standing in the heart of Shiokaze Park, the proposed venue to host the beach [...]
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Number of View: 192More than 850 artists contributed to the 150-hour recording session which began Monday at 6am (AEST) in Newstead, on Brisbane’s CBD eastern fringe, and ended at midday today at the Riverstage in the Botanic Gardens. The record attempt, which is yet to be verified by Guinness World Records, was organised by Queensland [...]
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Number of View: 193Yesterday found our favourite duck fan Misty yet again at Molsely Lock, Hampton Court armed with cameras set to shiny in order to capture the third Great British Duck Race for photographic posterity. Created by Mike Scott in 2006, the Duck Race raises money for charities by asking people to sponsor small [...]
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Number of View: 595At a fair where cabbage is king, Steve Hubacek is the undisputed king of them all. Steve Hubacek broke his own world record Friday when his enormous cabbage “The Beast” weighed in at 127 pounds at the Alaska State Fair’s annual Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off. That’s more than a pound heavier than another [...]
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Number of View: 2257A company is opening what it says will be the world’s largest confectionery (Candy) store in Dubai as it looks to tap demand from the Gulf Arab region’s hunger for candy. Candylicious, which initially opens in one of the world’s largest shopping centres, The Dubai Mall, is also planning a second store [...]
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Number of View: 683In May, Varsha became the youngest ever girl to get an officially recognised black belt. High-kicking Varsha faced up to British Karate Federation Champion Juan Moreno in London. Luckily the match-up was not for real, although dad-of-two Juan, 31 years her senior at 36, admitted he was shocked at just how good [...]
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Number of View: 419A sheep named Deveronvale Perfection, is believed to have become the world most expensive after selling for £231,000. Deveronvale Perfection which is bred in Banffshire, Scotland, was bought by a fellow local sheep farmer at a sale in Lanark. This 8 month old lamb of Graham Morrison will be used for breeding [...]
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Number of View: 467Rohit Timilsina´s dream of recording his name in the Guinness Book of World Records has finally materialized. Timilsina, 25, accomplished the feat of holding 21 lawn tennis balls in his single palm as per the International Tennis Federation standard. He, however, does not seem satisfied enough. Timilsina, a school teacher by profession [...]
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Number of View: 158Timing will be everything when Sarah Churchill steps out of a plane into the skies above Southern California later this month. She and the other skydivers around her – a total of 185 women from all over the world – will have just 60 seconds to get into formation. If they succeed, [...]
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Number of View: 317The soccer ball sculpture that had been constructed at Telkom’s Lukasrand tower, in Pretoria, has set a Guinness World Record in the ‘largest football sculpture’ category, while a second similar structure at Telkom’s Hillbrow tower, in Johannesburg, was under construction. The 50-t structure in Pretoria was constructed out of fibreglass shells that [...]
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Number of View: 184Guinness World Records(TM) Unveils Exclusive Story Behind Lee Redmond’s Loss of Record – Breaking Fingernails Utah Native Speaks Out After Tragic Car Accident That Robbed Her of 28 Foot Nails. 68-year-old great grandmother Lee Redmond of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, is undoubtedly one of the world’s most popular record holders of [...]
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Number of View: 154The highly anticipated Batman: Arkham Asylum™ game has been awarded a Guinness World Record for the ‘Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever’. Batman: Arkham Asylum has been given top scores across the board from National newspapers and specialist game reviewers. The game has broken the Guinness World Record in this category by [...]
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Number of View: 465Aug. 24, 2009 shows the profile of a colossal crock of black and white porcelain, which stands at 1.36 meters in height, measures 6.8 meters in perimeter, with a caliber of 2 meters and a total weight of over 1,500 kg, in Jingdezhen, east China”s Jiangxi Province. It took local porcelain artisan [...]
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Number of View: 306Following the success of last year’s record-breaking Pennies for the Park project organized by the Youth Activities Team, Mercy Health System of Kansas is gearing up for its own world record attempt. On Saturday, Sept. 26, Mercy officials, sponsors and other volunteers will try to create the world’s largest cup of tea, [...]
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