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The King Of Nachos

Carl Coffey — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:56:39 +0000

The city of Lawrence, Kansas, can officially call itself the “Nacho Capital of the World.” The city served up the world’s largest plate of nachos Saturday at the Kansas Relays. Coming in at a gut-wrenching 46-hundred pounds and 80-feet long, the “Guinness Book of World Records” confirmed the Lawrence-made nachos put to shame the previous [...]

Watch America Smoke Australia's World Burnout Record

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:00:34 +0000

The Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California set aside a big chunk of its track so a bunch of cars could break a record once held by Australia.

Mads Ostberg's World Record-Breaking Snow Jump

Danny Gallagher — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:24:33 +0000

Most of us will never be able to experience the thrill of breaking a world record, but thanks to rally driver Mads Ostberg, you can now cross longest snow jump in a car off your bucket list. Ostberg and his WRC Ford Fiesta jumped a record setting 164 feet to take over the top spot. [...]

Japanese Man Breaks the World Record for Cracking the Most Nuts With His Butt

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:00:11 +0000

Japan has some crazy shows, but their Guinness World Records TV series is somehow the craziest. You think we’re kidding, but in one episode a man named Tomoharu Shoji sets a world record by crushing 43 nuts in one minute… Oh, yeah, and he did it just by using his butt.

Garrett McNamara Surfs Record Breaking 90-Foot Wave [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:00:20 +0000

In the world of big wave surfing, there’s Garrett McNamara and then there’s everyone else. Not content to simply surf by on big waves, McNamara recently set a world record for surfing the biggest: a 90 foot monster off the coast of Nazaré in Portugal. That’s taller than an eight story building!

Man Breaks Record for Unicyling On Top of Beer Bottles [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:00:50 +0000

How high do you really need to be to feel like you’re on top of the world? For 25-year-old German unicyclist Lutz Eicholz, the answer is only a few inches off the ground.

That’s how high he was when set the world record for the longest unicycle ride on top of a row of beer bottles earlier this year in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Michelle Obama Sets Jumping Jacks World Record With a Mob of Kids [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:00:30 +0000

As part of her noble initiative to fight childhood obesity, first lady Michelle Obama gathered 450 kids on the White House’s South Lawn on Tuesday in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period.

Yes, there’s a record for that.

Cuban Strives to Beat World Record With 268-Foot Cigar

Carl Coffey — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:15:42 +0000

A Cuban cigar roller said he is submitting his 230-foot cigar to Guinness World Records for recognition as the world’s longest cigar. Jose Castelar Cairo, 67, who uses the name Cueto for his cigar rolling, said he began rolling the massive Habano — a cigar containing 100 percent Cuban tobacco — April 25 using [...]