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Cleveland sets Snuggie world record

2010-03-05T19:30:20Z

<div id="subtitle">Cleveland sets Guinness World Record for largest gathering of people wearing fleece blankets</div><div><p>Cleveland has its original world record covered.</p><p>Fans attending Friday's game between the Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons...

Tallest Dog

2010-02-22T13:47:23Z

This photo released by Guinness World Records shows Giant George, a Great Dane from Tucson,AZ, stands 3 feet, 7 inches tall from paw to shoulder, which is three-quarters of an inch taller than his closest rival, Titan, a white Great Dane from San Diego. Sitting un...

lara croft guinness record

2010-01-20T18:01:45Z

Alison Carroll The current 'real life' Lara Croft poses with two of five certificates awarded by Guinness World Records to the computer game character to mark the launch of Guinness World Records' 2010 Gamer’s Edition, published on 21 January (10) Guinness World Record for the biggest push pin mosaics, uses only five colours in each picture, which can take around eight months to complete. Daigh’s biggest portraits are almost 2 metres high (6ft 6in) and use more than 20,000 pi...

santa baby elf party

2009-12-08T18:31:37Z

Danny Girton Jr.,of Guiness World Records annouces the total 607 Elves for the record for the 2011 ABC Family's Elf Party in support of its original movie 'Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe' & 25 Days of Christmas, held at USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS</div><div><p>HARDCOVER FICTION</p><p>1. "I, Alex Cross" by James Patterson (Little Brown)</p><p>2. "Under the Dome" by Stephen Kin...

dwp body piercing

2009-11-20T17:17:57Z

Body-piercing enthusiasts show off their weird and wacky accessories in Mexico City. The gathering gave Jorge Castro the chance to topple his Guinness World Record for hanging suspended by his own piercings. He managed 2 hours and 50 minutes - beating the record he set in 2007 by 10 minutes. **Not Avail...

DWP worldwide record breaking

2009-11-18T19:34:54Z

Worldwide Record Breaking Mania Strikes On Guiness World Records Day More than 200,000 people around the world have come together to break some wacky and wonderful records on the fifth annual Guinness World Records Day, which commemorates the day in 2004 when Guinness World Records became the world’s bestselling copyright book. Early results from record-breaking in Norway</div><div><p>The world's tallest living man has unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man at an Ikea outlet in Norway's capital, Oslo. 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 h...

Super-Sonic gamer smashes world record

2010-02-24T12:14:48Z

<div><p>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.</p><p>James Richards, 21, completed the 'speed run' through the first level of the platform game in 22 seconds, a time confirmed as a record by Guinness world record for building longest strand of beads</div><div><p>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.</p><p>On Friday,...

Lebanon dips into another world record with hummus

2010-02-24T14:56:55Z

<div><p>Hundreds of garlic-loving Lebanese came together on Saturday to make the largest hummus serving on the world's biggest plate, claiming ownership of the dish with a new Guinness world record.</p><p>A Guinness representative was on hand to certify the record set by 250 Lebanese chefs and their trainees, who joined efforts to mix over two tonnes of th...

Robbie Williams concert breaks theatre record

2010-02-24T16:31:29Z

<div><p>LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - A performance by British pop star Robbie Williams, broadcast to more than 250 theatres around the world, set a world record on Tuesday by having the largest number of screenings of a live concert in theaters.</p><p>The Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal, thought to be the world's smallest living man at just 22 inches (56 centimetres), has turned 18 and now hopes to be officially recognised for his record size.</p><p>Four years ago, Thapa had his application for a Newfoundland keeps all four...

Turk crowned world's tallest man at 8ft 1in

2010-02-25T06:28:11Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Making his first ever trip outside his native Turkey to tour London this week, Sultan Kosen is guaranteed a unique view of the English capital -- at more than eight feet tall he will tower above the crowds.&am...

8'1" Turk takes title of world's tallest man

2010-02-25T06:28:25Z

<div id="subtitle">8 foot, 1 inch Turk takes title of world's tallest man after rival refuses to be measured</div><div><p>A towering Turk was officially crowned the world's tallest man Thursday after his Ukrainian rival dropped out of the running by refusing to be measured.</p><p>Guinness World Records said that 8 foot 1 inch (2...

Woman says life easier after breaking long nails

2010-02-25T12:09:46Z

<div id="subtitle">Utah woman who held record for long fingernails says life much easier after breaking them</div><div><p>A Salt Lake City woman who held a Guinness World Record for her long fingernails before they broke off in a car crash says it was the mo...

Utah woman talks about breaking long fingernails

2010-02-25T12:11:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Salt Lake City woman who held record for long fingernails talks about breaking them in crash</div><div><p>A Salt Lake City woman who held a Guinness World Record for her long fingernails before they broke off in a car crash says it was the most dramatic event of her life.&lt...