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A Kalamazoo County, Mich., man hit the jackpot with a $626,575 Fantasy 5 win, thanks to a set of numbers he has played for 25 years. The 56-year-old, who chose to remain anonymous, matched all five numbers in the Dec. 16 drawing: 03-07-10-27-29. He purchased his winning ticket at Exit 76 – Portage, located at […]
A Turkish woman who squashed five watermelons within a 60-second timeframe, using only her thighs, has set a world record. Guinness World Records shared a video Friday of Gozde Dogan completing the challenge. The clip shows Dogan sitting between two rows of watermelons, grabbing them one at a time, crushing them, and then cleaning the […]
Swedish table tennis enthusiasts Emil Ohlsson and Fredrik Nilsson, known as the Spin Duo, have set a new record for the longest table tennis rally, lasting 13 hours, 37 minutes and 6 seconds. The marathon match occurred on July 20, 2024, at Slice Malmö, a ping-pong bar in Malmö, Sweden. Over four months of intense physical and […]
A photographer and a model broke their own Guinness World Record with help from a diving expert by conducting a photo shoot at a depth of 163.38 feet underwater off the Florida coast. Canadians Steven Haining and Ciara Antoski, with help from U.S. diving and safety expert Wayne Fryman, originally set the record for the deepest underwater […]
A woman who ended up with a Michigan Lottery scratch-off ticket in her family’s white elephant gift exchange scored a $500,000 prize. Indiana woman Emily Hickox, 25, told Michigan Lottery officials she ended up with the Detroit Lions ticket after her family’s gift exchange on Christmas, which is also her birthday. My cousin purchased the ticket for the white […]
Idaho man David Rush announced he broke 52 Guinness World Records in 52 weeks in 2024, marking the second year he’s accomplished the feat. Rush, who previously broke a Guinness World Record every week in 2021, said he replicated the achievement while also successfully pursuing his goal of holding the most concurrent Guinness World Records titles. The […]
An Australian freediver went for a 370-foot, 2-inch stroll at the bottom of a pool to break the Guinness World Record for the longest underwater walk with one breath (female). Amber Bourke, 35, who has been freediving for over 10 years, spent weeks training in and out of the pool to break her own personal […]
A British-Nigerian fashion designer took aim at a Guinness World Record by creating a massive sandal measuring 10 feet, 4.2 inches wide and 26 feet, 8.8 inches long. Liz Sanya spent 72 hours constructing the giant clog-style sandal at Pixel Park in Lekki, Lagos, finishing her shoe on Jan. 4. Sanya’s finished clog has been submitted to Guinness World […]
Guinness World Records announced a pair of Britons with formerly long locks broke the records for the largest hair donations. Ruth Tripp, 38, earned the record for the largest single donation of hair by a female individual when she donated 5 feet, 7 inches of her hair to The Little Princess Trust in September 2024. Fellow […]
A Chinese man with a unique skill set broke a pair of Guinness World Records by using hand-thrown playing cards to slice cucumbers and light matches. Zhang Yazhou, aka NengLiangJun on social media, told Guinness World Records he cultivated his marksmanship skills by playing with slingshots and skipping stones as a child. He started throwing […]
