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A British couple bought an ambulance off eBay are on a quest to break the Guinness World Record for longest journey in an ambulance — and they’ve already unofficially succeeded. Lawrence Dodi and Rachel Nixon, who are both veterinarians, said they were initially planning to purchase an RV to travel the world, but an ambulance […]
A North Carolina woman won a $368,522 jackpot from a Cash 5 lottery drawing less than two years after collecting $824,160 from a previous drawing. The North Carolina Education Lottery said Barbara Gullatt bought a ticket for Sunday’s Cash 5 drawing at Fuel Stop on Little Brier Creek Lane in Raleigh. Gullatt’s ticket matched all five numbers, earning […]
A West Virginia food bank broke a Guinness World Record by arranging 25,550 cans of food into the shape of the word “Mountaineers.” The Mountain Mission food bank in Charleston took on the record for largest packaged food word in front of the state Capitol Building and photos from the event were posted to Facebook by Gov. Jim Justice. […]
A South African woman broke a dizzying Guinness World Record when she bungee jumped 23 times in one hour. Linda Potgieter, 50, took on the record for most bungee jumps in one hour outdoors and her attempt was filmed for an episode of e.tv series Stumbo Record Breakers. Potgieter broke the previous record of 19 bungee jumps in […]
Animal rescuers and firefighters in Virginia came to the rescue of a dog that fell down a 50-foot embankment along the James River. Richmond Animal Care and Control said in a Facebook post that the “goofy malamute” was found stranded next to the water at the bottom of a 50-foot embankment next to the river in Richmond. […]
Every day we see complete fails of Common Sense, stupid and fantastic examples of the horror that can occur when someone just… refuses… to think. Sometimes it’s a matter of hubris, people thinking that their over-inflated sense of self-importance can overcome the laws of physics. Other times it’s just a complete failure to take a […]
A group of 178 people who are all named Hirokazu Tanaka gathered in Japan and broke the Guinness World Record for largest gathering of people with the same first and last name. The Same Name Association of Hirokazu Tanakas, founded in 1994, successfully broke the record in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward after a previous attempt in 2011 gathered […]
Although World Jellyfish Day may sound a bit odd to some, it only makes sense to celebrate an invertebrate that has been on this earth for millions of years longer than humans. So, this event is meant to honour our slightly slimy counterparts that can sometimes cause a bit of consternation at the beach. History […]
A trade expo for the funeral industry in South Africa broke an unusual Guinness World Record when 122 hearses participated in a parade. The Funerex Africa expo gathered the vehicles at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit track in Sandton to break the Guinness World Record for largest parade of hearses. Organizers said there were 123 hearses […]
A pair of TikTok chefs broke a Guinness World Record by assembling a 7-foot, 1-inch sushi roll — and broke another record in the process. Nick DiGiovanni and Lynn “Lynja” Davis teamed up once again in Boston to assemble the massive sushi roll from 2,000 pounds of rice, 500 pounds of salmon, 500 pounds of cucumbers, thousands of nori […]
