Author: Angie Sharma
Guinness World Records is celebrating its 70th anniversary by challenging fans to attempt 70 unclaimed titles, including the fastest 400 meter sack race. The record-keeping organization’s anniversary falls Wednesday, 70 years after the very first Guinness Book of World Records was compiled in a room above a London gym and published Aug. 27, 1955. The organization […]
Nationwide Pet Insurance announced a California dog who faced off with a bull to protect his family is the winner of this year’s Hambone Award. The Hambone Award, given annually for “the unexpected, the unusual and downright outrageous” ways pets find themselves in need of medical attention, was named in honor of a dog who […]
A South Carolina man took a big gamble by buying 162 identical tickets for a single Pick 4 lottery drawing, and ended up winning a record-breaking $811,000 prize. The Lowcountry man told South Carolina Education Lottery officials he had a good feeling about the numbers 1-7-3-1, so he spent $339 to buy 162 tickets bearing those numbers for […]
A 64-year-old Cypriot reclaimed a Guinness World Record by balancing 511 wine glasses on his head for 15 seconds. Aristotelis Valaoritis, a professional glass dancer, had the wine glasses — collectively weighing about 139 pounds — arranged into a block with sheets of plywood between the layers. The block was then lifted by a forklift until Valaoritis […]
A Colombian family named their newborn daughter “Chat Yipiti” after the AI program ChatGPT. Despite the unusual name, the child was registered without objection at the National Registry office in the town of Cereté. According to local media, the parents of Chat Yipiti Bastidas Guerra said they chose the name as a “tribute” to the […]
An amusement park aficionado from England is on a quest to ride every roller coaster in Britain and Ireland broke a Guinness World Record by boarding 55 of the thrill rides in a single week. Guinness World Records announced Dean Stokes, 36, is the inaugural holder of the record for the most roller coasters ridden in one […]
A bear broke into a California home to feast on snacks including dog food, cookies, a bag of chips and a container of sugar. Bridget Conley said she started getting alerts from the security cameras at her Pine Mountain Club home, located in the Los Padres National Forest in Kern County, about 6:15 a.m. Friday, […]
The World Humanoid Robot Games kicked off in Beijing, with AI-powered robots built by teams from around the globe competing in sports including kickboxing, track, soccer and dance. The event held its opening ceremony on Thursday, which featured some of the first mishaps of the games, including a robot falling over while attempting to light […]
A New York woman visited Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park to find a stone for her engagement ring and wound up discovering a 2.3-carat white diamond. Manhattan resident Micherre Fox, 31, said she decided about two years ago that she would find her own engagement ring diamond. There’s something symbolic about being able to […]
A Virginia woman scored a prize of $100,000 a year for 10 years from a scratch-off lottery ticket about four decades after collecting a $25,000 prize. Gloucester resident Oletha Etheridge told Virginia Lottery officials she stopped at the Food Lion store on Hargett Boulevard in Gloucester and selected a $100,000 a Year ticket. The ticket earned Etheridge a […]
