Author: Angie Sharma
A ring-tailed lemur living at a zoo in Scotland was officially named the oldest in the world by Guinness World Records at the age of 39. The lemur at Five Sisters Zoo in West Lothian was officially certified as the oldest living lemur in captivity this week. The primate, named Stumpy as a result of his slightly […]
A musician from Trinidad and Tobago broke a Guinness World Record by playing steelpan for 31 consecutive hours. Joshua Regrello, 28, started playing steelpan, also known as a steel drum, at a young age. I have been playing steelpan since I was five years old. My father founded a well-known Trinbagonian steelband, so I grew […]
A North Carolina woman said her husband predicted she would “hit the big one” just before she scored a $150,000 lottery prize. Nashville resident Patricia Battle told North Carolina Education Lottery officials her husband predicted a big win was in her future. He always tells me, ‘You’re going to hit the big one, baby,’” she said. “He told […]
Students at an Oregon middle school used recycled materials to design and build a prototype prosthetic for a dog with a spinal injury. The seventh graders at Valley Catholic Middle School in Beaverton were challenged to create a prototype prosthetic for Ember, a 16-week old labradoodle whose back legs were paralyzed as a result of a spinal […]
A fitness education group in California broke a Guinness World Record by gathering 1,423 people to play the playground game red light, green light. CF Fitness Inc., an education-oriented group aimed at promoting physical fitness at schools, gathered students from the Anaheim Elementary School District and their families to play the record-breaking game at Yorbe Park in […]
Industrialist Sunjay Kapur has passed away at the age of 53 after suffering a heart attack while playing polo. He was in the UK at the time of his demise. Kapur was formerly married to Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor. He was currently married to Priya Sachdev. Actor and author Suhel Seth confirmed the death and […]
A New York man may have earned a Guinness World Record by playing golf for 36 consecutive hours. Kelechi Ezihie, a Long Island man who is originally from Nigeria, hit the links at Huntington Crescent Club at 6 p.m. Sunday with the intention of playing the game for 24 hours, the minimum goal set by Guinness World […]
A volunteer at a Michigan library found a wedding photo from the 1950s inside a book and the facility was able to return the precious picture to the couple’s granddaughter. The Sterling Heights Public Library said on social media that the photo, labeled “Frank and Josephine Ruggirello, Nana-Nono,” was found inside a tome donated to the library’s […]
A Swiss man put his cold endurance to the test and broke a Guinness World Record by spending more than 2 hours buried in the snow while wearing only his swimming trunks. Elias Meyer, a competitive powerlifter, said he decided to take on the title for the longest time spent in direct full body contact with […]
A team of physicists from a British university used nanotechnology to create what they dubbed “the world’s smallest violin,” an instrument that can’t be seen without a microscope. The Loughborough University team said the platinum violin measures 35 microns — a measurement unit equal to one millionth of a meter — long, and 13 microns wide. The […]
