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Schools Turn to Setting Guinness World Records to Make Class Time Fun
By Michael McLaughlin - AOL NewsStudents in Bloomfield, Colo., have plans to break a record for the world's largest game of hide-and-seek, while pupils in Nantucket, Mass., hope to don costumes to eclipse the mark for most people dressed as storybook characters. Why can't school always be this much fun? The rush to get into the history books -- instead of just studying them -- comes from a contest challenging kids to accomplish amazing feats in the classroom or schoolyard for the Guinness Book of World Records. For the competition, Guinness World Records officials forged a partnership with Carson-Dellosa Publishing, ...
Smokey, the UK's Thunderous Cat, Could Have World's Loudest Purr [Video]
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- A British community college says it has a recorded a house cat whose lawnmower-like purr hit 73 decibels - 16 times louder than the average feline. Northampton College in central England said Wednesday that it had dispatched a music team with specialist sound equipment to record 12-year-old Smokey. The recording has been submitted to the Guinness World Records. ...
Driver Sets New Record for Highest Speed on Ice
By not in system - AOL NewsCold weather -- hot wheels. Rally driver Juha Kankkunen set a world record for the fastest car on ice when he managed to reach a speed of 205.48 mph in Oulu, Finland, on Feb. 10, according to Guinness World Records. Driving a Bentley Continental on a 10.25-mile track carved into the frozen sea, Kankkunen shattered his previous record, set in 2007, when he reached 199.83 mph. ...
Welcome to Guinness: Lady Gaga Impersonators Set Gaga-stic World Record
By not in system - AOL NewsIt's a gathering of the Gagas. Lovers and imitators of pop star Lady Gaga got together in Los Angeles on Sunday, setting a Guinness World Record for the largest congregation of Lady Gaga impersonators. Some 121 fans of the "Poker Face" singer assembled outside the Grammy Awards dressed in a number of unique outfits that have inspired a "Bad Romance" between Gaga and fashion critics. Thankfully for these Gagas, plenty of "Paparazzi" were on hand to document them setting a new world record. ...
Lil Wayne Crushes Oreo for Most Facebook Likes World Record
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsPeople like Lil Wayne more than they like Oreos, at least on Facebook. Today the rapper won the Guinness World Record for most Facebook likes on a single post in 24 hours, with 588,243 likes on this post. (It was up to 621,207 likes as of publication time.) As of Tuesday, Oreo had held the record, with 114,619 likes on this picture of a thumbs-up cookie (117,055 likes now). Lil Wayne ran a strong campaign, posting nine reminders about the Guinness Record on his wall during the 24-hour contest window. After he was declared the record-holder, he showed his appreciation for his fans, writing, ...
Plans for the World's Biggest Yo-Yo Spin Out of Control
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsThis yo-yo was a no-go. Beth Johnson and her husband Tony realized they were at the end of their rope when their 12-foot-wide yo-yo fell to the ground, shattering their dream to set a new world record for the largest functioning yo-yo. To take the title, the Jacksonville, Fla., couple needed to release their yo-yo -- which weighed more than 7,000 pounds -- from a height of at least 75 feet, then have it recoil three times, two-thirds of the way up each time, according to FirstCoastNews.com. But after workers dropped the monstrous yo-yo from a crane, the rope that supported the giant toy ...
Elite Gamers Play Video Game for 50 Hours, Setting Marathon Record
By David Moye - AOL NewsDavid Dino has his priorities straight. He just set a whole slew of world records for playing video games and knows just where he's going to put the official certificate from Guinness World Records. "I'll put it right next to my master's degree," Dino said, just moments after he and two other elite gamers, Sean Crowley and Lauren Guiliano, spent 50 hours and one minute gaming at the PlayStation Lounge at the Sony Style Store in New York City. Courtesy of Guinness World Records David Dino, Sean Crowley and Lauren Guiliano have collectively set five Guinness World Records for ...
The Iceman Cometh: Man Reportedly Sets Record With 2-Hour Ice Bath
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsTalk about breaking the ice. Clad only in swim trunks, China's Jin Songhao reportedly endured a freezing-cold ice bath for two hours -- potentially setting a new world record for direct, full-body contact with ice. Jin took the title by lasting 120 minutes in a plastic box filled with ice cubes, according to Xinhua and Global Times. Guinness World Records officials in New York City told AOL News that they have not yet received any documentation of the 54-year-old's world record attempt, meaning they cannot confirm it. Guo Liliang, Xinhua / Corbis Jin Songhao stands in a plastic ...
Chefs Battle Over World's Tallest Chocolate Christmas Tree
By Larry Knowles - AOL NewsA chocolate arms race is heating up this holiday season as two French chocolatiers vie for recognition as creators of the world's tallest chocolate Christmas tree. The Yuletide rivalry began in 2007 when chef Alain Roby, 54, constructed a 22-foot-tall chocolate Christmas tree for a holiday display in a Hong Kong shopping center. Though the work was never submitted to Guinness for recognition, it nonetheless stood beside a vertical banner that proudly declared it a "New World Record." It wasn't the first of Roby's chocolate-themed feats. The French-born pastry chef at the Hyatt Regency in ...
Guinness World Records Pictures [PHOTOS]
By not in system - AOL Newshttp://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=713380&pid=713379&uts=1298327696 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf World's Oldest Cake Most people throw out their leftovers after a few days -- or at most a few weeks. But a museum in England is displaying an 113-year-old wedding cake that's being called the world's oldest. The Willis Museum in Basingstoke, Hampshire, says the delicately decorated Victorian cake was ...
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