by mimoMon Feb 19th, 2007 8:13am
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Thousands of people flap their arms and legs in unison, creating angel imprints, during a world record attempt for the most snow angels, in Bismarck, N.D.
by --BWed Nov 22nd, 2006 8:30am
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A US man has made the world's biggest rubber band ball. Steve Milton, of Eugene, Oregon, created the ball out of more than 175,000 rubber bands.
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by --BMon Oct 9th, 2006 1:15pm
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(AP) WARREN, R.I. Despite heavy rains that stunted pumpkin growth, a Rhode Island farmer has set what could be a new record for the largest pumpkin in the world
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by --BWed Oct 4th, 2006 9:40am
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TOKYO - A Japanese mental health counselor recited pi to 100,000 decimal places from memory on Wednesday, setting what he claims to be a new world record.
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When asked why he has undertaken this time consuming and repetitious task, Les says that he has little else to do now that he has been classed as an invalid, and can no longer work. Besides that, Les enjoys typing and used to be a police typing instructor before his sickness which meant his withdrawal from the force. Typing an average three pages a day with one finger since April 1982, Les said his secret was to type for 20 minutes on the hour, every hour
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by --BMon Jan 16th, 2006 11:24pm
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A 20-year-old California Institute of Technology student set a new world record for solving the popular Rubik's Cube puzzle, turning the tiled brain-twister from scrambled to solved in 11.13 seconds.
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This is a long video but it's utterly fascinating to watch. I'm very impressed by the lucidity and astuteness of the justices (and indeed counsel on both sides)