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A Tennessee man became the oldest person to paddle the length of the Mississippi River when he completed the 87-day journey at the age of 87. Dale “Grey Beard” Sanders departed from Lake Itasca, Minn., on his 87th birthday and arrived in Luling, La., 87 days later, earning the Guinness World Record at the age of […]
A Georgian athlete performed 61 handstand push-ups in a row to break a Guinness World Record. Sandro Parulava, a strength and conditioning coach, broke the record of 52 consecutive handstand push-ups set by Ukrainian Viktor Nabok in 2019. For me, the handstand is the epitome of athleticism and high neuromuscular control,” Parulava told Guinness World Records. “I […]
A Utah woman who has been water skiing since 1961 was officially dubbed the world’s oldest female water skier at age 92. Dwan Jacobsen Young of Fish Haven said she started water skiing on Lake Bear when she was 29 years old, and now she is joined on her outings by her children, grandchildren and […]
The Harbin Ice-Snow World attraction in China earned a Guinness World Record for the largest temporary ice and snow theme park. The park has been an annual attraction in Harbin, Heilongjiang, since 1999, and this year’s version was verified by Guinness World Records as covering an area of 8,790,697.3 square feet, making it the largest theme park of […]
A Toronto man who ran 242 freestyle marathons — marathon-length runs with no set course — over the course of 2023 may have broken a world record. Ben Pobjoy, who called his project the “Marathon Earth Challenge,” traveled across North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia, running 26.2 miles in each location. He ended up running a […]
A pair of Brazilian YouTubers broke a Guinness World Record by erecting a 78.1-foot tower made from Popsicle sticks. Iberê Thenório and Mari Fulfaro, hosts of the educational YouTube channel Manual do Mundo, led the efforts to assemble the world’s tallest Popsicle stick structure in Sao Paulo. The hosts said it took a team […]
A Ghanaian woman attempted to break a Guinness World Record by singing for 126 hours and 52 minutes. Afua Asantewaa, an entrepreneur and former beauty queen, started singing through a repertoire of 125 songs on Christmas Eve and ended her attempt five days later. Asantewaa was allowed a 5-minute break each hour or a 20-minute break every four hours […]
The number four is terrifying… or at least that’s what I was raised to believe. “Don’t buy four of those!” “Don’t give four of those!” “No way we’re going to live on the fourth floor.” “Fourth of July with all those fireworks? You’re just asking for trouble.” The worst part is never being able to […]
A trio of Chinese jump rope champions broke a world record when a member of the team performed 176 double-under skips in 1 minute while simultaneously jumping long rope. The long rope was held by coaches Wang Huanan and Kan Qingru while Liu Xinzhu, 14, Kan’s daughter, vaulted over it while swinging her own short […]
The venom of one of the most dangerous scorpions on the planet is the most valuable liquid in the world as it’s got so many more uses than just killing someone. Pretty much everything is getting more expensive these days so it’s always handy to keep your eye on a list of potential side hustles […]
