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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 […]
A Virginia man who won a $230,001 prize from a lottery drawing said he already knows what he will do with half of the money: give it to his brother. Tim Conwell of Cedar Bluff told Virginia Lottery officials he bought his Cash 5 with EZ Match ticket from the Virginia Hillbilly Market on Stoney Ridge […]
A pair of French pizza chefs teamed up with a cheesemaker and a YouTube star to create a pizza featuring 1,001 different types of cheese. Chefs Benoît Bruel and Fabien Montellanico worked with cheesemaker Sophie Hatat Richart-Luna and YouTuber Florian OnAir to break the Guinness World Record for the most varieties of cheese on a pizza. […]
A dog who fled from her new family within 24 hours of being adopted was found in England after living on her own in the woods for more than 6 years. Lost Dog Recovery UK South said team members were alerted to a stray dog in Crawley Down, West Sussex, in late November, so cameras were […]
Dubai Knowledge Park celebrated its 20th anniversary by creating the world’s largest Rubik’s cube. The park, which is home to 700 schools and other educational institutions, built a functioning puzzle cube measuring 9.8 feet on each side. The fiberglass cube weighs in at more than 660 pounds. Dubai Knowledge Park said on social media the cube was […]
