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An Australia-based radio personality broke a Guinness World Record by hosting a show that lasted for 55 hours and 26 minutes. Mario Bekes, who is originally from Croatia, hosted his marathon talk show on Alive 90.5 FM, the station where he has been a host since 2009. Bekes, who also hosts the motivational podcast Life: The Battlefield, was […]
A pair of pilots and a repair technician took a six-seat plane for a flight and successfully landed in 48 states in under 48 hours. Delta A350 Capt. Barry Behnfeldt said he was inspired by another pilot’s Guinness World Record attempt to make his own attempt at visiting 48 states in 48 hours. He enlisted Delta A321 […]
A Maryland lottery player said she copied a past winner’s technique to score a $50,000 Pick 5 prize. The Forestville woman told Maryland Lottery officials she is a frequent Pick 5 player and has been using the number combination 5-6-3-8-9 for more than a year. The woman said she read a news release from the Maryland Lottery about […]
A 7-year-old Chinese crested dog born with backward hind legs has been named the World’s Ugliest Dog at an annual California contest. Scooter, belonging to Tucson, Ariz., resident Linda Celeste Elmquist, was named the World’s Ugliest Dog at the annual pageant at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. I am overjoyed and incredibly proud that […]
North Korea never ceases to amaze the whole world. Despite the fact that this country is closed to ordinary tourists, and you are unlikely to see a photo from there on Instagram, nevertheless, sometimes interesting information about this country does get out. The country is considered the most closed country, which is not surprising given […]
A serial record-breaker from Spain added a new title to his name by running a 100-meter sprint while wearing high heels. Christian Roberto López Rodríguez, 34, donned 2.76-inch stiletto heels and ran the 100 meters (328 feet) in 12.82 seconds. Rodríguez took the Guinness World Record from André Ortolf, who ran 100 meters in high […]
The five passengers on the Titan submersible that was diving 13,000 feet to view the Titanic on the ocean floor died in a “catastrophic implosion,” authorities said Thursday, bookending an extraordinary five-day international search operation near the site of the world’s most famous shipwreck. The tail cone and other debris were found by a […]
A utility worker in Britain is trying to solve a mystery after he found three letters dating back more than 40 years stashed in a rabbit hole. Sean Kennedy, a gas lead engineer, was at a work site in Hales, Norfolk, when he discovered the letters at the bottom of a rabbit hole at the […]
Firefighters were summoned to a Texas home where a curious canine exploring his owner’s bathroom ended up wedged behind the toilet. The Woodlands Fire Department said the Engine 102 crew was dispatched to a local home where a small dog was reported wedged between the back of the toilet and a wall. The dog, named […]
Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh (Iran, b. 13 July 2002) is the new world’s shortest man living, measuring 65.24 cm (2 ft 1.6 in). He is almost 7 cm (2.7 in) shorter than the previous record holder, 36-year-old . Afshin is the fourth-shortest man ever verified by Guinness World Records. He was flown to our Dubai office where […]
