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A Mexican state broke a Guinness World Record by gathering more than 900 dancers to perform a folk dance in traditional garb. The dancers gathered in the center of Morelia, Michoacan, and performed a traditional folk dance to a live version of son calentano song “Juan Colorado.” The number of dancers was tallied at 954, enough to take the […]
The origin of National Camera Day is unknown, but it is used as a reminder for us to remember the existence of the camera and its many benefits. After all, how many other mediums can capture people and places so beautifully? How many other mediums can evoke smiles of memories past, or reminders of events […]
An Idaho man broke a Guinness World Record by walking 3.4 miles while balancing a guitar on his chin. David Rush, who has broken nearly 250 Guinness World Records to promote STEM education, said it took him 1 hour and 7 minutes to break the record for greatest distance traveled while balancing a guitar on the chin. […]
Organizers of a village fair in England said they unofficially broke a Guinness World Record with a parade of 263 people riding hobby horses. The Hurst Show & Country Fayre in Berkshire said judges counted 263 people riding their hobby horses — toys also known as stick horses — in the single-file parade for .62 miles. Organizers […]
A Japanese skateboarder who lost 95 percent of his eyesight to disease broke two Guinness World Records by performing 33 ollies in one minute while blindfolded — followed by 122 consecutive ollies while blindfolded. Ryusei Ouchi, who lost most of his eyesight to the disease retinitis pigmentosa, said he started skateboarding at the age of […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its opinion in the case challenging New York’s concealed carry law. Under the century-old law, residents seeking a license to carry a gun outside the home need to demonstrate a “proper cause,” which state courts have said is a “special need for self-protection.” Challengers argued the Second Amendment protects the right to […]
A total 14,299 people gathered in Mexico City’s central square to break a Guinness World Record for the largest boxing lesson. The participants were issued red, white or green T-shirts and split into sections of the square, known as the Zocalo, so they formed the image of a giant Mexican flag. The 30-minute boxing lesson was led […]
Parks officials in Buffalo, N.Y., reclaimed a Guinness World Records title by assembling a line of 4,280 plastic garden flamingos. The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy assembled the flamingos — dubbed “FLOmingos” in honor of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted — into a line Tuesday at the city’s Front Park. The record attempt took about six […]
If you’re on Instagram or any kind of social media platform, you’ll notice a lot of people like to take selfies. This is just one of those indisputable selfie facts. Selfies, today, have become a fixture in most people’s lives. It’s incredibly easy to capture and share your life with people these days. Often, it […]
An Idaho man teamed up with his brother-in-law and a homemade catapult to break a Guinness World Record for catching marshmallows in his mouth. David Rush, who has broken nearly 250 Guinness World Records to promote STEM education, said his brother-in-law, Kevin Moore, was in town for Father’s Day weekend, so he recruited him to help break a […]
