Guinness World Records Ltd.

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ADDITION Britain Guinness Record

AP News 9 days ago

Manjit Singh poses for the cameras, after pulling a double decker London bus for some 21.2 meters by his hair, to set a new Guinness world record in London, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. The event was part of an estimated 200,000 people ...

APTOPIX Britain Guinness Record

AP News 9 days ago

Manjit Singh grimaces as he pulls a double decker London bus for some 21.2 meters by his hair, to set a new Guinness world record, in London, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Singh was one of an estimated 200,000 people around the world ...

Weird and wacky world records tumble around globe

Reuters US Online Report Oddly Enough 9 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Manjit Singh, a 59-year-old security consultant from Leicester, England known as the "Ironman," on Thursday pulled a double-decker bus weighing more than eight metric tons over a distance of 21.2 meters with his hair. The new record was set ...

Bikinis, hugs and hairy heroics on world records day

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

Stripping down to bikinis, cuddling strangers in railway stations and dragging buses with their hair, thousands of people across the globe attempted to break curious world records Thursday. From Australia to China, Britain, Egypt, Lebanon and Tennessee, people put their scalps, stomachs ...

Man sets record for pulling bus with his hair

AFP European Edition 9 days ago

A 59-year-old man from Leicester broke a new record on Thursday by dragging a doubledecker bus more than 20 meters -- by his hair. The feat was something of a comeback for "Ironman" Manjit Singh, who failed to break the record for ...

dwp tattoo world record

WENN 15 days ago

THAT'S TATTOO MUCH! Tattoo-mad Guinness Rishi is aiming for a world record – he wants the flag of every country on the planet daubed on his body. The 67-year-old plans to cover himself in 220 different emblems, representing every nation on Earth. ...

French chefs whip up world record tiramisu

AFP Global Edition 22 days ago

Chefs rustled up the world's biggest tiramisu at a food festival in France on Friday, whipping buckets full of eggs, cream, sugar and cocoa into a tonne of the finger-licking Italian treat. Weighing in at 1,075.92 kilograms (2,367 pounds) the giant tiramisu ...

Super-Sonic gamer smashes world record

AFP European Edition 22 days ago

A gamer from Kent has played himself into the record books Friday after speeding through the classic Sonic the Hedgehog game in the fastest recorded time ever. James Richards, 21, completed the 'speed run' through the first level of the platform game ...

Salad days in Lebanon as it sets third Guinness food record

AFP Global Edition 27 days ago

While Lebanon may be far from adept at making governments, food is another matter: on Sunday Lebanese chefs came together to break a third Guinness record for food this year -- this time with tabbouleh. Under the watch of a Guinness adjudicator, ...

RI city smashes Guinness bead record

AP News 28 days ago

Bead it! RI city eclipses Guinness world record for building longest strand of beads A record-setting strand of beads has helped the city of East Providence put its recent financial woes behind it, at least for a night. On Friday, the city ...

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