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Man Stuffs 16 Cockroaches into His Mouth

james pong — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:46:13 +0000

Sean Murphy, an employee at Preuss Pets in Lansing, Michigan, stuffed 16 Madagascar cockroaches into his mouth in order to break the Guinness World Records. The current world record is 11 cockroaches.

Murphy says he might try for 20 next year’s Halloween. Murphy is waiting for a response from Guinness World Records, which he expects in a matter of weeks.

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World’s Longest Basketball Shot

james pong — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:25:04 +0000

Someone nicknamed Dude Perfect shot from the 3rd deck of Kyle Field (Texas A&M’s Football Stadium) right into the hoop. Too good to believe? Video expert confirmed it’s real.

Dan Brown ‘The Lost Symbol’ Breaks Record

james pong — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:01:18 +0000

Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, a follow-up to the Da Vinci Code has broke the first day record, selling more than 1 million copies in US and Canada, according to the publishers. The e-book edition also posted big sales, and is currently the top seller for the Amazon Kindle.

Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has sold 81 million copies around the world.

Michael Phelps Gets His 8th Gold!

james pong — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:50:23 +0000

Michael Phelps smiles with his 8th Gold (Photo credit: Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal in the Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay final on Sunday with some help from his friends and thus, broke Mark Spitz’s record of seven golds in one Olympic Games.

The US team of Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Jason Lezak and Phelps won at the National Aquatics Center in a time of 3:29.34 and in doing so broke the world record by 1.34 seconds.

Congratulations to Phelps! Now, everyone, start swimming by getting the swim suits.

Michael Phelps Wins His 7th Gold at Beijing 2008 Olympic

james pong — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:54:37 +0000

Michael Phelps won his seventh gold in the Men’s 100m Butterfly final at the National Aquatics Center on Saturday. His feat equal Mark Spitz (also from USA) as the only person ever to have won seven gold medals at a summer Olympic. Phelps already surpassed Mark Spitz in terms of number of World Records at an Olympic Games with five world records in Individual Olympic events.

After creating history by winning his 10th and 11th Olympic Golds on Wednesday, Michael Phelps just needs one more gold to take over Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals and create a record that’s almost impassable, especially when Phelps is just 23 years of age — he has at least one more Olympic to come.

Michael Phelps Wins His 10th & 11th Olympic Golds

james pong — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:55:40 +0000

Michael Phelps created history by becoming the first person to win 10th and 11th golds in Olympic Games.

World’s Tallest Dog vs World’s Smallest Dog

james pong — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:17:58 +0000

World’s Tallest Dog, Gibson meets World’s Smallest Dog, Boo Boo

Gibson, a harlequin Great Dane, measures 107 cm (42.2 in) in height and 2.1 meters (7 feet) while standing on his hind legs! While, Boo Boo is only 4.9 inches high.

Amazing.

Clam, 405, Is The Oldest Animal, And Is Called ‘Ming’

james pong — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:33:47 +0000

A clam aged 405 years old is the world’s oldest animal, and his name is Ming! Unfortunately, by the time its true age had been established Ming was already dead.

Ming is the oldest animal

According to the scientist, 405 lines on the clam’s shell equals 405 years. The clam has surpassed all other venerable animal species such as the Galapagos tortoise (the oldest known specimen of which lived for 176 years) and the bowhead whale (130 years).

With such discovery, will scientists be able to find out the secret of longevity? Living in deep water? Or does the ecosystem around us actually affect our ageing?

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Man with World’s Largest Hand in Shanghai for Surgery

james pong — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 05:40:14 +0000

24-year-old Macrodactyly patient Liu Hua from Jiangsu, the man with the world’s largest hand has arrived at the Shanghai No. 9 People’s Hospital for radical plastic surgery. He was born with a left thumb, index and middle finger much larger than normal, which grew dramatically together with his arm as he grew older and this had a serious impact on his work and day-to-day life.

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The World’s Most Pierced Woman

james pong — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:34:44 +0000

Holy cow. Elaine Davidson is a former nurse from Brazil who first broke Guiness World Record when she has 462 piercings on various parts of her body. Currently, she has 3,920 body piercings and tattoos. I always wonder how does these people eat, sleep or have sex.

Elaine Davidson is the world record holder for body piercing in the Guiness Book of Records

(Via TheDayIWentMad.com)