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A Netherlands man assembled a team of engineering experts to achieve his lifelong dream of building the world’s longest bicycle, which measures 180 feet and 11 inches long. Ivan Schalk, 39, said he has been dreaming of building the world’s longest bike ever since he was a young boy. “I’ve been thinking about the idea […]
A 20-year-old Northern Ireland man broke a spud-sational Guinness World Record by assembling a Mr. Potato Head toy in 5.15 seconds. County Antrim resident Declan McFerran said he spent four hours refining his technique for attaching all of the features to the popular plastic toy before successfully shaving .28 seconds off the record previously set […]
A hospital in Ohio is celebrating an unusual baby boom while caring for seven sets of newborn twins at the same time. Cleveland Clinic Children’s said on social media that the Hillcrest Hospital NICU and postpartum units are currently caring for multiple multiples. We’ve been feeling double the love caring for seven sets of newborn twins at the […]
A longtime runner-up in California’s World’s Ugliest Dog Contest finally got his crown. On Friday, fourth time was the charm for Wild Thang, an 8-year-old Pekingese from North Bend, Oreg., who previously placed second in the annual competition three times before. Wild Thang is a survivor of distempter, a viral disease that infects animals’ respiratory system and can […]
A woman who left school during World War II finally received her master’s degree in education 83 years later at the age of 105. Virginia “Ginger” Hislop earned her bachelor’s degree from the Stanford University School of Education in 1940 and immediately started work on her master’s at what is now the Stanford Graduate School […]
Serial Guinness World Record-breaker David Rush broke his own record for the second time by fist-bumping a fellow YouTuber 397 times in 30 seconds. Rush originally broke the record with neighbor Joey Hannon, managing 273 fist bumps in the allotted time, and he broke his own record when he and Howie Mandel fist-bumped 380 times on an episode of America’s Got Talent. […]
Serial record-breaker David Rush earned his 177th concurrently-held Guinness World Record by recapturing the title for the most tennis balls caught behind the back in one minute (team of two). Rush, of Boise, Idaho, and frequent collaborator Jonathan “Hollywood” Hannon previously set the record in 2023, when Hannon threw the tennis balls over Rush’s head and he […]
A Massachusetts middle school’s graduation ceremony featured 23 pairs of twins — as well as one twin whose brother attends a different school. The eighth grade graduating class at Pollard Middle School in Needham features the most twins ever to appear in a single graduating class, officials said. The twins account for 46 — […]
A pair of friends from France said it took them about 5 years to realize their dream of building the world’s tallest rideable bicycle, which measures 25 feet, 5 inches high. Nicolas Barrioz and David Peyrou said they came up with the idea while having a drink at a pub, and they soon found themselves […]
A California man washing the dishes in his kitchen found himself interrupted by a trespassing bear — and he caught the encounter on camera. Jason Wightman said he was washing dishes at his Sierra Madre home when he looked to the side and saw a bear in his doorway. He posted a video to Facebook showing the […]
