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The International Day of Peace or World Peace Day by the United Nations promotes peace while ceasing violence and conflicts worldwide each year, the United Nations selects a theme for this day that focuses on specific aspects of peace-building and conflict resolution. The International Day of Peace is often associated with a dove and the […]
The National Plowing Championships in Ireland hosted a Guinness World Record attempt where 995 people threw Wellington boots into the air at the same time. The annual agricultural show and plowing contest in Ratheniska, County Laois, featured hundreds of waterproof rubber boots flying through the air at the same time in a record attempt organized by youth […]
A Los Angeles couple captured video when their backyard pool was crashed by some uninvited guests — a family of bears. Jon and Karen Von Gunten said the bears came out of Rowley Canyon to their Tujunga neighborhood and apparently decided to beat the heat with a dip in their pool. The couple shared video of […]
A Massachusetts farmer’s beefy bovine was awarded a Guinness World Record as the tallest living steer, standing at 6 feet, 1 inch high. Tommy, 13, who belongs to Cheshire farmer Fred Balawender, is a purebred Brown Swiss steer, one of the largest dairy breeds. Balawender’s daughter, Laurie Cuevas, said Tommy has been with the family […]
World Water Monitoring Day was an international day established in 2003 by America’s Clean Water Foundation (ACWF) as a global educational outreach program. The program, subsequently named the “World Water Monitoring Challenge” and “EarthEcho Water Challenge,” aims to build public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by empowering citizens to carry […]
Guernsey gardener took his nearly 20-pound onion to an England flower show, where organizers said they believe it to be a new world record. The Harrogate Autumn Flower Show said Gareth Griffin’s 19.77-pound onion outweighs the previous world record, an 18.68-pound onion brought to the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show by Tony Glover in 2014. The onion is on display […]
Two of the most iconic sights of Manasarovar, Lake Rakshastal and Lake Manasarovar, have some mysterious legends associated with their origins. Two of the most iconic sights of Manasarovar, Lake Rakshastal and Lake Manasarovar, have some mysterious legends associated with their origins. The two enigmatic water bodies of Mount Kailasha are always compared to each […]
Most people spend a few days or hours in jail waiting to get bailed out. Jail often serves as a holding cell that people get in and out of fairly quickly. Most people are able to post bail and await trial from home and continue on with their daily lives, but some aren’t able to […]
An Indian teenager who has never had a haircut in his life set a Guinness World Record when his hair was measured at 4 feet and 9.5 inches long. Sidakdeep Singh Chahal, 15, of Uttar Pradesh, was awarded the record for longest hair on a male teenager by Guinness World Records. Chahal said his hair is […]
The Ayam Cemani chicken is steeped in mysticism and prized in its native land of Java for its magic blood. It is rather unusual, having entirely black feathers, black comb, black skin, black meat, black internal organs, and even black bones. The Ayam Cemani is a rare chicken breed from Java in Indonesia. The word […]
