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A Utah man attempted to set a new Guinness World Record by taking an air chair ride at age 94. Ejnar Dyrr started learning how to ride an air chair, a boat-pulled platform also known as a sit-down hydrofoil, at age 88. Dyrr, now 94, attempted to set the Guinness World Record for the oldest air chair […]
A martial artist from India recaptured a Guinness World Record from his longtime rival by smashing 273 walnuts with his forehead in 1 minute. Naveen Kumar, 27, used his forehead to smash the raw common walnuts, breaking the record of 254, set by serial record-breaker Muhammad Rashid in 2017. Rashid first held the record with 150 walnuts […]
A Utah man attempted to set a new Guinness World Record by taking an air chair ride at age 94. Ejnar Dyrr started learning how to ride an air chair, a boat-pulled platform also known as a sit-down hydrofoil, at age 88. Dyrr, now 94, attempted to set the Guinness World Record for the oldest air chair […]
A Massachusetts man has a comfortable future ahead of him thanks to winning a $1 million lottery prize just three days after announcing his retirement. Paul Bashaw of West Boylston told Massachusetts State Lottery officials he informed his employer of more than 20 years that he would be retiring the following week, and three days later he bought […]
A pair of juggling enthusiasts attempted to reclaim a Guinness World Record and managed to complete 914 catches while juggling in tandem. David Rush, who has broken more than 250 Guinness World Records, and Arthur Lewbel, who founded the MIT Juggling Club in 1975, originally held the record for most consecutive side-by-side juggling catches by a team […]
A Romanian athlete who has been attempting to break the world record for most pushups in one hour for six years finally broke the record successfully only one month after it was last set. Guinness World Records announced Pop Laurentiu, 35, who is from Romania and currently lives in London, broke the record by performing 3,378 […]
Da Hong Pao tea traces its roots back to the Ming Dynasty and is one of the priciest black teas on the planet. Also known as Big Red Robe tea, this Chinese tea embodies the characteristics of the Wuyi Mountains where it is cultivated. It features a layered body with notes of earthy and mineral […]
An Ohio woman said a rainy day during her vacation in Maryland led to her winning a $50,000 lottery prize. The 58-year-old suburban Cleveland woman told Maryland Lottery officials she and her husband were on vacation in Ocean City when the weather complicated their plans for the day. We’re lottery fans back home,” the vacationer recalled. “We were […]
A 16-year-old jump rope expert in China broke a Guinness World Record by skipping rope 374 times in one minute. Guinness World Records said Zhou Qi from Yuyao City, Ningbo, broke Japanese jumper Daisuke Mimura’s record of 348 skips in one minute, which stood for 10 years. Zhou, who previously applied for the record but […]
These mangoes are grown in Miyazaki City (hence the name) in Japan’s Kyushu prefecture. These mangoes are over 350g in weight and have 15% or higher sugar content. A couple in Madhya Pradesh has deployed security guards and guard dogs to protect a very rare crop in India – the Miyazaki mango grown primarily in […]
