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History of Global Hug Your Kids Day Hugging as a sign of affection has likely been a cultural and familial custom for thousands of years, probably since humanity began. It may have started as a way to share warmth. Though it also seems to be an innate action as a way to bring comfort. Founded […]

An Australian fitness enthusiast recaptured a Guinness World Records title by performing 3,249 pushups in one hour. Daniel Scali, 30, previously set the record for most pushups in one hour at 3,182 in April 2022, but his record was broken by fellow Australian Lucas Helmke, who performed 3,206 pushups in November 2022. Scali credited the […]

A Mexican candy company earned a Guinness World Record by creating a massive marshmallow weighing more than a grand piano. Dulces Mazapán de la Rosa created the marshmallow outdoors at Plaza Fundadores in Guadalajara as part of celebrations surrounding the state of Jalisco’s 200th anniversary. The company said it took a team of about 100 people around […]

An unusual Burger King menu item offered in Thailand is going viral online after the fast food chain confirmed the “real cheeseburger” features 20 slices of American cheese — and no meat. The “real cheeseburger” launched Monday at Burger King locations across Thailand, and the fast food chain took to social media to explain: “This is […]

A Portland, Ore., venue is attempting to set a Guinness World Record by holding a drag show that lasts for a full 48 hours. The Drag-a-thon began at 4 p.m. Monday at Darcelle XV Showplace and is scheduled to continue until 4 p.m. Wednesday. The event is aiming to break a Guinness World Record and push back against drag […]

Divers donned mermaid tails and ventured underwater with musical instruments for the 39th annual Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival at Looe Key Reef in Florida. The Florida Keys & Key West said in a Facebook post that the undersea concert featured the mermaid performers miming with their instruments while real music was pumped into the area via […]

A pair of aviators broke a Guinness World Record by flying to each of the 48 contiguous United States in 38 hours and 13 minutes. John Skittone and Bob Reynolds took off from Sanford, Maine, and made stops at airports in 48 states, ending in South Bend, Ind. Their final time of 38 hours and […]

A Michigan man who won a $100,000 lottery prize said he initially feared the email informing him of his win was part of a scam. The 69-year-old Macomb County man told Michigan Lottery officials he always made sure to scan his non-winning, $6,000,000 Jackpot tickets using the Michigan Lottery app so he could be entered in the second […]

A Nepalese man broke his fourth Guinness World Record by walking down 75 stairs on his hands in 25.03 seconds. Hari Chandra Giri, 29, walked on his hands to descend the stairs at the Jamchen Vijaya Stupa Buddhist temple and broke the record for the fastest time to descend 75 stairs on the hands. The previous record […]

Police in California said a wayward dog who apparently “wanted a ride-along” was rescued after running loose on a busy highway. The California Highway Patrol’s East Los Angeles station said an officer responded to a report of a dog in the lanes of Interstate 710. CHP joked in an Instagram post that the lost canine apparently “wanted […]