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An arts school in Cambodia broke a Guinness World Record by staging a circus show that lasted for 24 hours, 10 minutes, 30 seconds. Officials at Phare Ponleu Selpak, a nonprofit arts school in Cambodia, said they came up with the idea for the Guinness World Record attempt when the school was forced to shut amid the […]
A married couple with a total 98 body modifications earned a Guinness World Record for their collective number of piercings, microdermals, body implants and other modifications. Guinness World Records said Gabriela Peralta, who is from Argentina, and Victor Hugo Peralta, originally from Uruguay, first earned the record for most body modifications (married couple) in 2014, when they had […]
Confession, it is said, is good for the soul. However, nowhere does it say that the confession has to be true! False Confession Day is your opportunity to tell an absolute whammy, a huge joke, a serious falsehood or our favorites, a truth disguised as a lie. If you like making things up that will […]
A travel blogger earned a Guinness World Record by visiting all Metro stations in the Washington, D.C., area in 8 hours and 54 minutes. Lucas Wall took on the challenge Wednesday, the first full day of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Silver Line service. Wall started his journey at the new Ashburn Station and […]
An airline pilot and a California airport crew worked together to reunite a passenger with a phone left behind at the gate — and the window-reaching scene was caught on camera. Southwest Airlines posted a video to Facebook showing the captain of the flight hanging out of a cockpit window to retrieve the phone being passed to […]
A shoe-typing specialist from Spain earned a Guinness World Record when he tied the laces of three pairs of shoes in under 10 seconds. Guinness World Records said Alvaro Martin Mendieta took on the record for fastest time to tie three pairs of shoelaces in a bow in Vaciamadrid. Mendieta tied the laces of all six […]
Whitney Houston sang a number one song in the 1980s about children being the future – and she wasn’t wrong! The children of today are the adults of tomorrow and they deserve to be given the best possible chance at making the world a better place. Children’s Day is the perfect time to enjoy and […]
An Illinois man with multiple Guinness World Records to his name added another title when he donned 509 lanyards at once. Woodstock resident Salacnib “Sonny” Molina, a surgical nurse with 20 years of experience, tackled the record for most lanyards worn at once in tribute to the healthcare system that employs him. Molina donned 509 lanyards, successfully […]
Share random acts of compassion on World Kindness Day by helping strangers, giving back to the community or teaching your children the value of niceness. Kindness Day was born when a collection of humanitarian groups came together on November 13, 1997, and made a “Declaration of Kindness”. Likewise, on Kindness Day everyone is encouraged to […]
It’s an elegant dance or a fumbling ungainly stumble through a linguistic waltz. Whether you’re discussing Peter Piper picking a peck of pickled peppers” or the vagaries chirped out by “A quick-witted cricket critic”. International Tongue Twister Day encourages you to give your tongue a workout and challenge your friends to the most convoluted and difficult tongue […]
