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A Mexican acrobat put her more than 10 years of training to the test and broke the Guinness World Record for the most aerial hoop somersaults in 1 minute. Yammel Rodriguez broke the record in the female category by completing 47 aerial hoop somersaults in the allotted time during a Las Vegas performance. Rodriguez said she became […]

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 […]

  A 103-year-old artificial Christmas tree, one of the first to be mass produced, was auctioned for more than $4,000 in Britain. Hansons Auctioneers said the 2.5-foot-tall tree, described as the “humblest Christmas tree in the world,” sold for a total $4,296.13. The tree was brought to Dorothy Grant’s family home when she was 8 years […]

A Baltimore man said he used a set of numbers he inherited from his mother to win a $50,000 lottery prize. Andre Jones told Maryland Lottery officials his mother frequently used the numbers 9-1-5-2 to play Pick 4, and he took over the combination after she died. Jones said he recently decided to try the numbers on Pick […]

A South Korean team’s dog-like “HOUND” was dubbed the fastest robot on four legs when it traversed a distance of 328 feet in 19.87 seconds. The Dynamic Robot Control and Design Laboratory at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon developed the HOUND robot and Guinness World Records confirmed it broke the […]

A $2 million winning Michigan Lottery ticket spent four months being driven around in the oblivious winner’s truck. The 29-year-old Isabella County man told Michigan Lottery officials he bought his $20 Money scratch-off ticket from the Shepherd E-Z Mart on East Wright Avenue in Shepherd. Every so often I will stop and buy an instant ticket after work,” the […]

The owners of a California museum dedicated to all things rabbit-related earned a Guinness World Records title for their 40,550-piece collection. Candace Frazee and Steve Lubanski of Altadena said their collection began in 1993, when Lubanski, who was affectionately known as Lubanski’s “honey bunny,” gifted her a white plush bunny for their first Valentine’s Day as a […]

An Iranian man broke his own Guinness World Record by balancing 88 spoons in various locations on his body. Abolfazl Saber Mokhtari, 51, broke his own record of 85 spoons, which he set in 2021. Mokhtari told Guinness World Records he decided to pursue the record for most spoons balanced on the body after a lifetime of sticking […]

An Alberta cyclist took a nearly 81-mile ride on his bike without using his hands to break a Guinness World Record. Guinness World Records announced Robert Murray earned the title for greatest distance cycled (no hands) when he rode 80.95 miles in a time of 5 hours and 37 minutes. Murray said he used his hands to massage […]

An Alberta cyclist took a nearly 81-mile ride on his bike without using his hands to break a Guinness World Record. Guinness World Records announced Robert Murray earned the title for greatest distance cycled (no hands) when he rode 80.95 miles in a time of 5 hours and 37 minutes. Murray said he used his hands to massage […]