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The longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever (female) belong to Diana Armstrong (USA) and measure 1,306.58 cm (42 ft 10.4 in), as verified in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, on 13 March 2022. Diana has not cut her nails since 1997 and has no plans to ever cut her nails again. She dedicates the nails […]
A TikToker has set the world record for the most blankets arm knitted in 24 hours, in a charity challenge watched by 1.2 million people. Dan Soar, known as the Tattooed Knitter, knitted the 19 blankets in memory of his grandmother Margaret Soar, who was a keen knitter herself. Mr Soar, from Shirland in […]
A man who lived for 82 years died without ever knowing what a woman looked like. According to UniLad, Mihailo Tolotos, from Halkidiki, Greece, only learned about the existence of women from peers, as well as through descriptions in books. He is thought to have been born in 1856, but shortly after giving birth to […]
A dog who went missing at the Melbourne Airport in Australia was reunited with his owner in Wales after a 17-day search. The dog, named Milo, had been due to travel home to Swansea, Wales, with owner Jason Whatnall when the canine escaped from the custody of AeroPets Animal Transport. A 17-day search of the area was […]
A Nigerian chess master is more than 50 hours into his attempt to play chess for 60 consecutive hours and break a Guinness World Record in the process. Tunde Onakoya started playing chess at a table in New York’s Times Square on Wednesday, and he crossed the 50-hour mark in the early afternoon Friday. The […]
New York’s famous Plaza Hotel hosted a Guinness World Record-breaking event featuring 353 ballerinas en pointe at the same time. The nonprofit Youth America Grand Prix, which organizes competitions for young dancers, celebrated its 25th anniversary by gathering the white tutu-clad ballerinas at the hotel and having them all go en pointe — the ballet term […]
Cloud seeding almost certainly did not play a significant role in the flooding on the Arabian peninsula this week – but the heavy rains may have been exacerbated by climate change. Record rainfall hit the Arabian peninsula this week, causing flooding in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as well as other coastal cities in the United […]
A 48-year-old lawyer from Estonia pleading to stay in Australia to be with his 104-year-old girlfriend understands why some sceptics may not believe their love is real. Mart Soeson has been in a relationship with Elfriede Riit since 2013 and the couple lived together until she was forced to move into a nursing home in […]
A North Carolina man stopped for gas and ended up winning a $200,000 lottery prize he plans to use to fund his daughter’s education. Bobby Coleman. of Kenly. told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he stopped for gas at the Oasis station on South Church Street in Kenly and decided to buy a $5 Bankroll scratch-off lottery ticket. […]
An Australian man took the largest pumpkin grown in the country this year and turned it into a canoe that he paddled down the Tumut River. The nearly 900-pound pumpkin, named Tormund in honor of Game of Thrones character Tormund Giantsbane, was grown by Mark Peacock and scored a blue ribbon at the Royal Easter Show. The pumpkin, the […]
