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95-year-old sets a new 200 metres record
95-year-old Charles Eugster set a new record in the 200 metres at the indoor British Masters in London. Our athletics reporter Ed Harry adds commentary to the video, which saw the former dentist record a truly impressive time of 55.48 seconds.
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The Guinness World Records Were Once Awe-Inspiring and Hilarious. Now They’re Just Shady.
The Champagne tasting was over, and things had gotten tense. On one side of the discussion were representatives of the Knot, the wedding-guide website hosting the tasting. On the other, polite but firm, was Philip Robertson, a 41-year-old Scotland native wearing a green blazer that announced his affiliation with the Guinness World Records company. At issue was the question of whether more than 515 humans had completed all three rounds of the tasting.
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World's oldest person dies - CNN.com
Misao Okawa, the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died at the age of 117.
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The Quest to Push a Human-Powered Bike to 90 MPH
If Todd Reichert cannot regain control of his ultrafast bike, he will be cast at 75 mph into the unforgiving rock and scrub that lies beside the highway in the Nevada desert. Reichert is familiar with extreme situations: the 32-year-old aerospace engineer and athlete was co-designer and pilot of the first human-powered ornithopter—a craft that flies by flapping its wings—to soar continuously, and the first ever human-powered helicopter to become airborne.
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University of Wisconsin Students Say They Broke Record for Biggest Cereal Treat
A group of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said Sunday that they cooked up a Rice Krispies treat that shatters the Guinness World Record.
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Town attempts jam tart record in honour of Alice in Wonderland
A town in Wales is hoping to break the jam tart world record in time for Alice in Wonderland's 150th anniversary. The town of Llandudno has been linked with Alice in Wonderland since Alice Liddell, Lewis Carroll's inspiration for Alice, spent her family holidays there. In order to mark the event, the town will today attempt to break the world record for the longest line of jam tarts.
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Obama Sets New World Record With Twitter Account
Move over Robert Downey Jr. — Twitter’s got a new king of the hill. President Barack Obama shattered Downey Jr.’s world record for fastest time to 1 million followers after launching his account Monday afternoon. The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed the record on its blog.
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Farthest journey by hoverboard - Guinness World Records
Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru just set the Guinness World Record for farthest flight ever on a hoverboard.
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The Rock Sets a World Record
Dwayne “ The Rock ” Johnson has set a Guinness World Record. No, it’s not the record for being the most electrifying man in sports entertainment or having the largest biceps in North America...
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Fastest Wheel Change (car) - Guinness World Records
Just how quick can four men change four wheels without electric tools?
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World Record Basketball Shot 126.5m (415 ft) - How Ridiculous
Gordon Dam is 126.5m tall. We went to the top and put a basketball hoop at the bottom. The rest is history (and a new world record)!
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One Piece Enters Guinness World Records
One Piece and its author, Eiichiro Oda, entered the Guinness World Records for longest running series
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The world's Tallest Cow Dies After a Lifetime of Photoshop Accusations
Blosom, the world's tallest cow, was measured to be a full 6-foot-2 inches tall (190 cm) from hoof to withers when her photo was taken in early 2015.
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World's oldest man Sakari Momoi dies at 112 in Japan
The world's oldest man, Japanese supercentenarian Sakari Momoi, dies in a Tokyo care home at the age of 112.
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Electric Car World Record: 0-100km/h in 1.779 seconds
The world record will be included here: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-0-100-kmh-acceleration-electric-car. All details about how to do this record can be found there as well. - Any electric car - The speed was measured in two consecutive runs in opposite directions.
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'Supernatural' star Misha Collins is inspiring people around the world with a wacky scavenger hunt
"Supernatural" star Misha Collins GISHWHES registration.
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The tallest man in history was too huge for words, so take a look
On Feb. 22, 1918, a perfectly normal 8.7-pound boy was born to Harold and Addie Wadlow of Alton, Illinois. By his first birthday, Robert Wadlow weighed 45 pounds and stood 3 feet, 3.5 inches. He kept growing, towering over his father at age eight. At 13 years old and 7 feet, 4 inches, he was the world’s tallest Boy Scout. Wadlow was a quiet and mild-mannered young man, which led to him be called a “gentle giant.”
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Giant Panda Jia Jia
Jia Jia eats bamboo next to her birthday cake made with ice and vegetables at Ocean Park in Hong Kong as she celebrates her 37th birthday. Jia Jia broke the Guinness World Records title for “Oldest Panda Living in Captivity."
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Antonov An-225 Mriya Takeoff at Minneapolis
What an amazing moment as UR-82060 leaves the ground..
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The world's fastest human-powered vehicle just topped 85 mph
It might look like a kayak on its side, but that vehicle above has just broken the human-powered land speed record. The pilot, Todd Reichert, managed 85.71mph in his "Eta" speedbike on Thursday morning, comfortably besting the previous record of 83.13. Reichert is the pilot for team AeroVelo, and is competing in the World Human Powered Speed Challenge, taking place in Battle Mountain, NV this week. The WHPSC is basically where cyclists...
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