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Duo claim record by watching 57 films in 123 hours

AP — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:05:37 +0000

You may want to try this at home. Suresh Joachim, of Toronto, and Claudia Wavra, of Petersburg, Germany, claim to have broken the Guinness World Record for movie-watching, after seeing 57 films in 123 hours in a plexi-glass house in Times...

Artist puts elephant inside soap bubble

Asmita — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:16:35 +0000

You really get to know a guy’s got no life when he tries to break a Guinness world record by trying to put an elephant inside a bubble! Bubble artist Fan Yang, who has previously thrilled audiences with tricks like smoke-filled bubbles,...

This cookie town is a sugar-lover's heaven

Asmita — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:28:50 +0000

If you love all things sweet, this miniature model of Shenyang city made from 25,000 cookies might just make you feel like you died and went to heaven. Sure you cant actually rent out an apartment in one of this 5 meter long by 5 meter wide...

Frrrozen Haute Chocolate - The $25K dessert sets Guinness record

Naveen — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:28:26 +0000

How much you paid for the dessert you had last time while dining at some lavish hotel? Well, you might have tasted the Fortress Aquamarine for $14,500, which was the world’s most expensive desert till yesterday. Now, a local restaurateur in...

AA Powered Oxyride Racer drives into the Guinness Records

Munish — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:51:42 +0000

Combined efforts from a Japanese local electric firm and Osaka Sangyo University have worked wonders for the alliance. The duo got together to try and make history by developing the fastest battery driven car. A consequence of the sincere effort...

Panama co. hopes to get a Guinness World Record with the world's biggest cup of coffee

Kanchan — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:25:39 +0000

I just love coffee and my day seems incomplete without a morning cup of coffee. If you feel the same way, you would probably have loved to have a sip from the world’s biggest cup of coffee. Panama’s top coffee producer said it...

Wuqibalaqiqige to Set a Record from eating Mud only!

Disha Singh — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:35:42 +0000

World is full of weird people. Now, you take this Chinese girl who has planned to make a new Guinness World Record after only eating soil and nothing else. Wuqibalaqiqige (name of the girl) has passed two months without food and is only living...

Wei Sheng Is Back with 800 Needles' Pierced on Head

Disha Singh — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:42:17 +0000

On Janaury 9, winner of Guinness World Record for piercing 1790 needles his body in 2004, Dr. Wei Sheng (from Guang Xi, Southwern China) pierced above 800 acupuncture needles on his head when Tokyo TV Station invited Dr. Wei to Congqing...

Crazy Man Wore 155 Shirts Simultaneously

Naveen — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:03:52 +0000

While we earlier talked about a man who wore 121 t-shirts just to attract the eyes of the people, a new record has been set by Matt McAllister who wore 155 shirts (sized small through 10XL) at the very same time. The whole process took him 4 hours...

World Aquarium exhibits amazing two-Headed creatures!

Irani — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:42:30 +0000

Next week, the World Aquarium at the St. Louis City Museum hopes to exhibit — running through Sept. 5 — the most two-headed animals in display. The Aquarium officials hope that the exhibit will prompt the creation of a Guinness World...