Kate Douglass sets world record with 23.59 in 50m freestyle
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Food stunts grab attention, bring people together, and often lead to jaw-dropping world records. Over the years, chefs, food enthusiasts, and organizations have pushed the boundaries of creativity and scale,
I was like, this could potentially be a world record,” Aries Merritt said. Merritt, an assistant coach for Texas State, was in the crowd to watch his pupil, Ja’Shaun Lloyd, run in the previous heat. He stuck around for Tharp’s race,
A Texas teen is strutting into the Guinness World Records as both the woman and the teenager with the world’s longest legs. Maci Currin is 17 years old and stands at 6 feet, 10 inches. In fact, her legs make up 60 percent of her total height, according to Guinness.
It may not be on the same level as a U.S. win over Australia’s national men’s soccer team—created in 1922. But Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID) broke a Guinness World Record on June 18 when 830 people simultaneously ate dim sum on a closed stretch of South King Street, beating a mark of 764 set in Sydney, Australia, in 2019.
Jonathan, the 194-year-old tortoise, is already a Guinness World Record holder and now has officially cemented his status as a Guinness Icon. (Adobe Stock)
As the world's de facto record adjudicator, Guinness World Records keeps tabs on all manner of weird and wonderful feats. Toyota's humanoid robot which happens to be really good at basketball is a Guinness World Record holder, alongside the man who ...
Over 1,000 people dressed as Marilyn Monroe set a new Guinness World Record in downtown Palm Springs on Saturday.
As a child I loved Tom Thumb, the perfectly formed human who was only a couple of inches tall; he roamed the countryside while sitting on the back of a mouse or hitched a ride in the ear of a horse. It grieved me to eventually learn that he was a fiction ...
Following UK testing, the team will travel to Bonneville for SpeedWeek, the world’s leading land speed racing event, run by the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA). The team will then remain at the Salt Flats to pursue officially recognised world records under the FIA.
