June 19, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Guiness World Record

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Chicago Man Breaks Ferris Wheel World Record

Posted 05.19.2013 | Chicago

Updated story Ladies and gentlemen, he has done it! Clinton Shepherd has started a revolution — and he's seen several hundred more in the midst o...

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Man Says He'll Shatter World Record With 48-Hour Ferris Wheel Ride

Posted 04.23.2013 | Chicago

Clinton Shepherd hopes he can shatter a world record by making his endeavor a very Chicago-centric affair. The 32-year-old South Sider wants to se...

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Amazing Video Shows Samurai Warrior Cutting Pellet Flying 200 Miles Per Hour

Posted 12.28.2012 | Weird News

Read More: Video, Guiness World Record, Samurai, Modern Day Samurai, Isao Machii Samurai, Isao Machii, Man Cuts Speeding Bullet, Man Cuts Speeding Pellet, Samurai Warrior, Weird News News

This truly needs to seen to be believed: A man who calls himself a modern-day samurai warrior has been videotaped slicing a speeding pellet in half wi...

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Suburb Aims To Break Its Own Pumpkin Carving Record

Posted 10.09.2012 | Chicago

Can Highwood carve more than 30,919 pumpkins this year? Town officials in this North Shore suburb aim to surpass the world record set last year, when ...

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Cuba Whips Up Giant Daiquiri In World Record Bid

AP | PETER ORSI | Posted 08.04.2012 | World

Read More: Hemingway, Cultura, Ernest Hemingway, Giant Daiquiri, Guiness World Record, Hemingway Daiquiri, Hispanic Heritage, El Floridita, Guinness Book of World Records, Hemingway Museum Foundation, Cuban, Cuba, Daiquiri, World News

HAVANA -- Who says 9 a.m. is too early for a drink? Especially one that its makers believe will set a world record. Cuban mixologists whipped up a gi...

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Grandmother Tests Limits In 100-Mile Swim From Cuba To Florida

AP | PETER ORSI | Posted 08.29.2012 | World

Read More: Penny Palfrey Swim, Penny Palfrey Cuba Swim, Guiness World Record, Penny Palfrey, Endurance-Athletes, Endurance, Cuba to Florida Swim, Cuba-to-Florida, Florida-Straits, Video, World News

HAVANA -- Marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey powered through the Straits of Florida on Friday as she attempted a record 103-mile (166-kilometer) unassiste...

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The Biggest Diaper Changing Party In The World?

Posted 04.23.2012 | Parents

Read More: Diapers, Guiness World Record, Earth Day, World Record Attempts, Earth Day 2012, Green Living, Parenting, Cloth Diapers, Babies, World Records, Slideexpand, Parents News

If you've never been to a giant diaper-changing party, this weekend is your big chance. At 5:30 pm GMT on Saturday -- just hours before Earth Day b...

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Indian Woman Dances For 123 Hours To Set World Record

AP | ANNA MATHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

KOCHI, India — She practiced an Indian classical dance for 10 hours a day and ran for 28 miles (45 kilometers) to build her stamina. Then she da...

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Man Stuffs Mouth With 16 Cockroaches In Record Bid

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Read More: Cockroaches, Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, Guinness, Guiness World Record, World Record, Gross, Cockroach, Cockroaches in Mouth, Home News

LANSING, Mich. (AP)— A Michigan pet store employee got himself a mouthful of cockroaches – on purpose. The Lansing State Journal reported ...

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Manuel Uribe Photos: Pictures Of World's Heaviest Man, Now 500 Pounds Lighter

AP | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Manuel Uribe, who once weighed a half ton but has slimmed down to about 700 pounds, celebrates his 43rd birthday on Wednesday with a simple wish for t...

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