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Janmashtami is a popular festival celebrated by Hindus all across the globe. Also known as Shri Krishna Janmashtami and Gokulashtami, this day is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Lord Krishna. According to the legends, the eighth son of Devki, Lord Shri Krishna was born on the 8th day of the dark fortnight of the […]
An Idaho man teamed up with a college athlete to recapture the Guinness World Record for most basketball passes in 1 minute. David Rush, who has broken more than 250 Guinness World Records, originally teamed up with neighbor Jonathan “Hollywood” Hannon to set the record at 93, but their record was later taken by another duo who […]
Who is Saint Teresa? Saint Teresa of Calcutta (known as Mother Teresa) was an Albanian-born Indian Roman Catholic missionary and nun who devoted her life to helping those most in need. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in India in 1950, and for over 45 years, she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned and dying. […]
International Day of Charity is celebrated on 5 September to commemorate the death anniversary of Mother Teresa. International Day of Charity is celebrated every year on 5 September. The day has been established by the United Nations with the intention to promote and encourage charity and philanthropy across the globe. It also commemorates the death […]
A city in Mexico broke a Guinness World Record by preparing a ball of pulled quesillo cheese that weighed in at 1,230 pounds. Carlos Alberto Albores Lima, municipal president of Pijijiapan, Chiapas, confirmed the ball of quesillo, also known as Oaxaca cheese, officially broke the record of 738.5 pounds, which was set in Acatlán, Hidalgo, in 2022. The quesillo […]
A cat living at a Home Depot store in New Jersey has become a full-fledged social media celebrity — and has even been drawing new customers to the business. Jeffrey Simpkins, whose TikTok videos of Leo the cat went viral, said he wanted to document the feline after first encountering him at the Mount Laurel […]
An Australian woman captured two Guinness World Records titles by showing off the skills of her two unusual talented pets: a miniature horse and a sheep. Noeline Cassettari said she was inspired to seek world record titles for her horse, Rose, and her sheep, Beanie, after her friend, Megan Reimann earned a Guinness World Records […]
A 4.8-pound wheel of Spanish cheese broke a world record when it was auctioned for more than $32,000. The Cabrales blue cheese, manufactured by Guillermo Pendás at his family’s Los Puertos factory and aged in the mountain caves of Asturias, sold for $32,408.10 after taking top honors at the 51st annual Cabrales Cheese Competition in Las Arenas. […]
A serial Guinness World Record-breaker teamed up with a social media star to break the world record for most hugs in one minute. David Rush, who has broken more than 250 Guinness World Records, and Josh Horton, a YouTube and TikTok star with 30 world record titles of his own, teamed up to attempt a record together […]
An Idaho restaurant unofficially broke a Guinness World Record by assembling a Philly cheesesteak sandwich measuring 722.8 feet long. The Main Street Grill in Lewiston, operated by Happy Days Restaurants, hosted the record attempt in the city’s Seventh Street alleyway. The restaurant’s team, aiming for the goal of 700 feet, assembled a Philly cheesesteak measuring 722.8 feet, beating […]
