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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 […]
An Idaho man balanced a running lawnmower on his chin for 9 minutes, 17 seconds to break a Guinness World Record. David Rush, who is on a quest to hold the most concurrent Guinness World Records titles, previously attempted the record about four years ago, but his time of 3 minutes, 52 seconds was disqualified because his […]
Attendees at the National Beard and Mustache Championships in Florida broke three Guinness World Records for the longest chains of beards, mustaches and partial beards. The annual event, which is held in a different location each year by Beard Team USA, saw participants take on the three record titles on the Main Street Pier in this year’s […]
A 59-year-old Alberta woman broke a Guinness World Record by holding a plank position for 4 hours, 30 minutes and 11 seconds. DonnaJean Wilde held the position for about 10 minutes longer than previous record-holder, Montreal resident Dana Glowacka, Guinness World Records said. It feels like a dream,” Wilde told the record-keeping organization. She said her planking […]
An escaped racehorse made its way to a train station in Sydney, Australia, and trotted up and down the platform before attempting to board a train and chasing a passenger. Transport for New South Wales posted a series of security camera photos to Facebook, and footage to Instagram, showing the horse, clad in a beige raincoat, wandering […]
The City of Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, celebrated the solar eclipse by gathering 309 people to wear sun costumes and break a Guinness World Record. The city said on social media that 309 people in sun costumes came together on a Niagara City Cruise boat hours before Monday’s eclipse and they were officially counted by a Guinness […]
Goats are taking over a small Italian island—and local officials are offering them up for free to anyone who can catch them. The hoofed intruders are located on Alicudi, a volcanic island off the northern coast of Sicily that’s part of the Aeolian chain. It’s tiny, spanning roughly two square miles, and has approximately 100 […]
A Virginia Lyft driver said a $5 cash tip from a passenger led to his winning a $150,000 prize from a scratch-off lottery ticket. Ryan Pasch of Virginia Beach told Virginia Lottery officials a customer handed him a $5 cash tip, and when he stopped for gas at the 7-Eleven on Lynnhaven Parkway in Virginia Beach he decided […]
A 111-year-old resident at a British retirement home has officially been named the world’s oldest living man by Guinness World Records. The record-keeping organization said John Alfred Tinniswood of Southport, England, was awarded the title after the death of 114-year-old Venezuelan man Juan Vicente Pérez and officials confirmed the former second-oldest living man, 112-year-old Japanese man […]
Hindu New Year, also known as Vikram Samvat, is celebrated annually by millions of Hindus worldwide, and this year it falls on April 9. The day symbolizes new beginnings and is deemed an auspicious time to embark on new ventures. Unlike the Gregorian calendar, which commences the new year on January 1, the Hindu New […]
