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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, ...
Philadelphia Breast Surgeon Moonlights as Knife Thrower
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsMeet Dr. Ted Eisenberg, holder of the world record for the most breast surgeries performed in a lifetime. Rest assured, ladies -- you're probably in safe hands. Not content with handling scalpels all day, in his spare time Eisenberg is a competitive knife thrower. Inspired by fictional Australian outback hero Crocodile Dundee and James Bond movies, the Philadelphia surgeon is a delicate artist by day who relaxes after hours with tomahawks and hunting knives. Michael Bryant, Philadelphia Inquirer / Marketwire Ted Eisenberg of Merion Park is a plastic surgeon who specializes in ...
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. ...
World's Fittest Man Sets 200th World Record
By Marc Hartzman - AOL NewsIf running a marathon sounds like a daunting feat, try covering 26 miles in freezing February weather through hills, mud and streams -- while carrying a 60-pound backpack. On Monday, that's just what Paddy Doyle, a former paratrooper and amateur boxer from Birmingham City, U.K., did to achieve his 200th fitness endurance record. Accompanied by three members of the U.K.'s Parachute Regiment for support, the 45-year-old fitness endurance champion completed the cross-country speed march in 7 hours, 51 minutes, covering slippery ground from the Warwickshire countryside to the Royal Leamington ...
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 ...
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 ...
Records Are Made -- and Broken -- on Guinness World Records Day
By David Moye - AOL News
(Nov. 17) -- Records are made to be broken, and hundreds of them could be made or broken on Thursday, which just happens to be Guinness World Records Day. For the record, Guinness World Records Day is a 24-hour period when people all over the globe are supposed to attempt a bit of greatness or immortality by setting, or attempting to set, world records. This year marks the sixth year that the holiday has been celebrated, and more than 200,000 people around the globe are expected to engage in world record attempts. ...
After Choking in Pizza Contest, Is Kobayashi Finished?
By Ben Muessig - AOL News
(Nov. 16) -- If you're a longtime fan of competitive eating legend Takeru Kobayashi, this news could be hard to swallow. In his first professional eating event on American soil since his controversial arrest this summer, the legendary glutton failed in his attempt to set the Guinness World Record for pizza eating -- leading some skeptics to wonder whether the six-time Nathan's champ is past his prime. At Saturday's Japanese Art Matsuri festival in Brooklyn, N.Y., Kobayashi was unable to swallow an entire 12-inch pizza in fewer than 105.37 seconds. Struggling to follow Guinness World Record ...
Watch Out, Guinness! Knife Thrower Aims for New Records Book
By Marc Hartzman - AOL News
(Sept. 27) -- Never mess with a knife thrower. Especially one who owns 25 world records, like Dr. David Adamovich, aka The Great Throwdini -- The World's Fastest and Most Accurate Knife Thrower. Five years ago, that's just what Guinness World Records did. The publishing giant declined to accept Adamovich's first world record for throwing 78 knives around a human target in one minute. In doing so, it planted the seed for a new book of records, "Believe the Unbelievable," co-authored by Adamovich, Thomas Blacke and Dean Gould (Bartleby Press). The recently released book features roughly 700 ...
Austrian Tailor Is Leader in Lederhosen
By David Moye - AOL News(Aug. 9) -- A tailor in Henndorf, Austria, is becoming a leader in lederhosen after creating what is believed to be the world's largest pair of the traditional Bavarian-based leather shorts. Walter Sinnhofer finished the super-sized shorts just in time for the upcoming Oktoberfest celebrations. They are 15 feet long and 4 yards wide -- almost big enough for Willie Wonka factory finalist Augustus Gloop. According to Metro.co.uk, Sinnhofer spent two months cutting and stitching the large-bottomed lederhosen from 77 square yards of cowhide. They weigh a hefty 101 pounds. CEN / Europics / Rex / ...
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