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The New York museum that houses the World Video Game Hall of Fame announced it is installing a 20-foot Donkey Kong arcade cabinet designed to be the largest in the world. The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester announced on social media it is working to “create the world’s largest, playable Donkey Kong arcade […]

A 21-year-old Chinese college student broke a Guinness World Record when he used only four fingers to do 22 pushups in one minute — and clapped his hands in between each pushup. Zhang Yuxuan, a student at Shaanxi Aviation Vocational and Technical College, said he started training his body with weights and pushups at the […]

A New York eatery announced it is bringing back a $214 grilled cheese that was dubbed the world’s most expensive sandwich by Guinness World Records. Serendipity 3, a New York restaurant famous for its opulent creations, announced the Quintessential Grilled Cheese will return to the menu for a limited time Wednesday, National Grilled Cheese Day. The $214 […]

A California teenager got a $1 million start to adulthood when a lottery ticket he received as an 18th birthday gift turned out to be a top prize winner. Kaleb Heng told California Lottery officials his grandmother gave him the appropriately-named The Perfect Gift scratch-off ticket as a gift on his 18th birthday, the first day he was […]

An Egyptian swimmer put his skills to the test and broke a Guinness World Record when he swam for over 7 miles while wearing handcuffs. Shehab Allam, 31, claimed the Guinness World Records title for farthest distance swimming wearing handcuffs when he completed his 7.24-mile swim in the open waters of the Arabian Gulf. Allam broke the previous record […]

A South Carolina man’s 2-foot, 1-inch whiskers earned him the Guinness World Record for the longest mustache on a living person. Paul Slosar of Summerville had the length of his mustache verified at the National Beard and Mustache Championships in Casper, Wyo., and the measurement was submitted to Guinness World Records for official verification. Slosar sports an […]

A United Arab Emirates boy became the world’s youngest person to publish a book at the age of only 4 years and 218 days. Guinness World Records said Saeed Rashed AlMheiri was 4 years and 218 days old when he published his book, The Elephant Saeed and the Bear. The record was verified when the […]

An Australia resident broke a Guinness World Record when they crafted a wig measuring 8 feet and 6 inches wide. Guinness World Records announced Dani Reynolds broke the record for the world’s widest wig when they created the oversized faux-hairdo. Reynolds based the color and texture of the wig on their own hair and created a substructure to support […]

A pair of Harlem Globetrotters players visited Guinness World Records headquarters in London and broke a world record for the fastest time to bounce a Ping-Pong ball into 5 cups. Guinness World Records said Torch George and Scooter Christensen became the first Globetrotters to break a non-basketball record when they visited London and took on the Ping-Pong […]

Students at a California high school broke a Guinness World Record when they crafted a charcuterie board measuring 204.7 feet long. Peter Wachtel, an architecture and product design teacher at Adolfo Camarillo High School, helped coordinate the attempt involving more than 50 students at the school. The students used recycled gym bleachers to create the board, and culinary students […]