The Most Nationalities in a Sauna

This is some hot stuff! Maximare in Hamm, Germany set out to claim the title for ‘most nationalities in a sauna’. Cramming in friends from 91 different nations, they beat the old record of 76.

The Oldest Wing Walker

When Thomas Lackey was born in 1920, he probably never dreamed he’d break a world record. On Nov. 18, 2010, Lackey sealed his legacy and became the ‘oldest wing walker’ at age 90.

The Most High Kicks by a Single Chorus Line

The Moulin Rouge dancers of Paris set the record this year for ‘most high kicks by a single chorus line’. They sought to break the old record, a measly 450 kicks. These ladies set the bar at 720 kicks. That equaled out to 30 women preforming 24 high kicks each. People do the darnedest things … especially while making Guinness World Records. Check out some of the wackiest, craziest, and downright scary things people have done to break a record.

Most straws stuffed in a mouth

The most straws stuffed in a mouth is 400, achieved by Simon Elmore (Germany), who held them there for 10 seconds at the Mark ‘n’ Simon Show, Sollhuben, Bavaria, Germany, on Aug. 6, 2009.

Largest collection of Smurfs

Stephen Parkes (UK) began collecting Smurfs as a child, when they were sold by a chain of garages across the UK, and has never stopped. As of Jan. 28, 2010, his collection totals 1,061 and includes Christmas Smurfs, Easter Smurfs and Smurfs dressed as historical figures.

Longest nose

The longest nose on a living person measures 8.8 cm (3.46 in) long from the bridge to the tip and belongs to Mehmet Ozyurek (Turkey). It was measured on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on March 18, 2010.

Largest enchilada

Chefs prepare the world’s largest enchilada, a traditional Mexican food, during the National Enchilada Fair at the neighborhood of Iztapalapa in Mexico City on Oct. 17, 2010. It measured about 230 feet long and weighed over 1.5 tons.

Largest toast mosaic

Largest toast mosaic: Toast loving Laura Hadland turned a photo of her mother in law into the world’s largest toast mosaic – using a staggering 9,852 slices of bread from 600 loaves. The 27-year-old roped in 40 friends and used a battery of nine toasters as they browned the bread to varying degrees before arranging it to make the about 32-by-42 feet picture of her mother in law’s face.

Largest pumpkin

Largest pumpkin: Talk about a great gourd: Guinness World Records has confirmed that a massive pumpkin grown in Wisconsin is officially the world’s heaviest. It weighs 1,810.5 pounds and was grown by Chris Stevens in Wisconsin.

Junk Sculptures by Leo Sewell

Junk artist Leo Sewell creates his ‘rubbish’ artwork from junk he collects from refuse dumps round his native Philadelphia. This piece is of a female torso. Using any discarded plastic, metal and wood, Leo selects his raw materials for their color, shape and durability.

Molding them using nuts, bolts and screws, Leo’s colorful sculptures, like this one called Stegosaurus, range

Largest collection of navel fluff

Largest collection of navel fluff: In terms of rare collections, this one gets top marks. An Australian man has made a habit of collecting his naval lint, earning him a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records. The Australian librarian started “harvesting” his fluff in 1984, at a youth hostel in Brisbane. After 26 years, the complete collection now weighs 22.1 grams, or .77 ounces.

Longest domestic cat

Longest domestic cat: 5-year-old Maine Coon named Stewie was certified as the new record holder for world’s longest domestic cat after measuring 48.5 inches from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail bone. That’s a little more than 4 feet long.

Most Bizarre Bridal Gowns

Who says weddings gowns are always gorgeous? Take a look at bizarre and creative creations from modern fashion designers around the world.


1. Bridal gown-zilla

A model shows off a wedding dress by Japanese bridal designer Yumi Katsura during her 2010 grand collection presentation in Tokyo.

Oldest twins in the world

Oldest twins in the world: Sisters Ena Pugh, right, and Lily Millward have been confirmed as the oldest twins in the world at 100 years and 10 months. Both live in the United Kingdom.

Largest cup of coffee

Largest cup of coffee: Standing tall at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, the largest cup of coffee holds about 2,010 gallons of joe. That’s equivalent to about 32,160 cups. Black Colombian coffee was used for the successful record attempt.

Most arrows caught by hand

Most arrows caught by hand: Joe Alexander catches 43 arrows from the air, shot by German archers Peter Dubberstein and Robin Puls in Germany. Alexander caught 43, and the record to beat was 36.

Biggest bottle cap scultpure

Biggest bottle cap scultpure: Alistair Galpin poses with the largest bottle cap sculpture, made of 19,205 caps, in Auckland, New Zealand. The caps were used to create a sculpture in the shape of rugby ball. It took 18 months to complete and was finished to unveil on Guinness World Records Day.

blocks broken while holding a raw egg

Most concrete blocks broken while holding a raw egg: Joe Alexander, of Germany, breaks 24 concrete blocks, assembled in three stacks of 8 while holding a raw egg in the hand of the arm used for breaking the blocks. After the third stack had been broken the egg was still unbroken. The record to beat was 14 and the final result was 24.

Wire Sculptures of Ivan Lovatt

Michael Jackson

We may have lost the King of Pop in the summer of 2009, but his music lives on, as does his likeness, now preserved in chicken wire.

Artist Ivan Lovatt makes remarkably lifelike sculptures of famous folks, icons and wildlife out of material so paltry it’s usually reserved for poultry – chicken wire.

Albert Einstein

World’s heaviest shoes

World’s heaviest shoes: Ashrita Furman of the United States managed to walk 32.81 feet (10 meters) wearing these mondo shoes that weigh a total of 323 pounds. He pulled off this feat (get it?) on Nov. 18 in London.

Creative high heel designs

Israeli footwear designer Kobi Levi takes a playful, unique approach to his designs, treating them as sculptures. Clearly more for humor than high fashion, Levi takes everyday objects and incorporates them into a creative pair of high heels.

Largest Macarena dance

Largest Macarena dance: The largest Macarena dance attempt record goes to Ancaster High School and local participating schools in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, where 1,861 participants did the moves simultaneously for over five minutes on Nov. 12, 2010.

Gifts for Those You Hate

I suggest taking a look at the following gifts just to make sure that nothing even remotely similar turned up on your list this year. Seriously, these gifts are so horrible that it has the power to bring down holidays, friendships and relationships. Even a box full of coal would be an upgrade.


1. Animal weighing scales
Common sense dictates that you should never give someone a gift that could be misinterpreted as a hint that they might need to lose a little weight. This includes gym club memberships, exercise equipment and, most importantly, scales where pounds are represented by farm animals. Seriously, I don’t think I could stress that last example enough.

World's biggest maple leaf

Largest maple leaf: Nine-year-old Joseph Donato poses with the largest maple leaf, 34.61 cm wide and 29.21 cm long (13.63 in. by 11.5 in.), discovered in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, in October 2010. The leaf was presented on Canada’s Breakfast TV in celebration of Giunness World Records Day 2010. (Guinness World Records via EPA) Share Back to slideshow navigation

The world's heaviest limousine

Heaviest limousine: The heaviest limousine is “Midnight Rider” weighing 22,933 kg (50,560 lb). It is 21.3 meters (70 feet) long and 4.1 meters (13 feet 8 inches) high. It was designed by Michael Machado and Pamela Bartholemew (both USA) in California and began operating on Sept.

Largest industrial screw mosaic

Albanian artist Saimir Strait already holds four Guinness World records so far (for Largest Nail Mosaic, Largest Toothpick Mosaic, Largest Corks Mosaic and Largest Paintbrush Mosaic). Here we see him posing with his fifth attempt, a massive banknote he calls the “Currency of the Soul.” The work will measure 490 cm. by 240 cm. (192.9 in. by 94.4 in.) , contains 300,000 industrial screws and featured a portrait of the ancient Greek poet Homer.

The designer kobi levi creates unusual footwear

Israeli footwear designer Kobi Levi i takes inspiration from furniture, fruit and even dogs.  Kobi Levi worked in footwear in Italy, China, Israel and Brazil before designing his own line of creative shoes. His line is handmade and “absolutely” wearable. Lets take a look at his wild and creative wearable art.


1. Banana Slip

Largest pop group

Largest pop group: All-female Japanese pop group AKB48 feature a total of 48 members (split into three groups — Team A, Team K and Team B — of 16 members each). The “AKB” is short for their home district in Tokyo, Akihabara. They released their first single, “Sakura No Hanabiratachi,” in 2006.

The Real Science of Avatar

The message of James Cameron’s Avatar, which comes out on DVD and Blu-ray April 22 in conjunction with Earth Day, is unapologetically green. “All life on Earth is connected,” the director told in his interview that we have taken from nature without giving back, and the time to pay the piper is coming.” But Cameron took from nature, too. If the lush, alien jungles of Avatar feel eerily familiar, that’s because the director rooted them close to home. His muse for Avatar’s fictional moon, Pandora, and its wildly fantastical creatures, plants and landscapes was the planet Earth.

In May of 2005, before the film was greenlit by 20th Century Fox, a four-man team of designers began secretly creating Pandora in Cameron’s home in Malibu, Calif. The director gave them National Geographic photos, botany books and nature documentaries for reference. Says Neville Page, a concept artist and creature designer behind much of Pandora’s spectacle: “The best we could do was try to capture what nature has done so perfectly and expand on it.”

On Pandora: Woodsprites

The Na’vi, Pandora’s blue inhabitants, consider these glowing, floating seeds sacred. They come from the giant, willow-like Tree of Souls, which connects to all living things on Pandora and directly to the Na’vi deity, Eywa. The seeds are not just blowing in the breeze,  they’re traveling with spiritual purpose.

Most bottles recycled by a dog

Most bottles recycled by a dog: A Labrador called Tubby, owned by Sandra Gilmore of Pontnewydd, Torfaen, UK, has helped recycle an estimated 26,000 plastic bottles over the past six years by collecting them on his daily walks, crushing them and passing them to his owner.

Wackiest Photo Manipulations

If you want to become an expert in the field of image manipulation, you would need some patience and guidance. Adobe Photoshop is the best tool available to accomplish almost anything you desire to do with an image, although it does turn out to be a tad expensive.

Largest melodica ensemble

Largest melodica ensemble: A total of 158 elementary-school-aged children from Hikone, Shiga, Japan earned a Guinness World Record for the largest melodica ensemble attempt on Nov. 18. The record they had to beat was 126.

Wonderful Human Bones Art

“Stop The Violence” is the artwork done by a talented artist Francois Robert. According to Francois, he purchased a human skeleton in the mid-90′s during an auction from an old school.  In 2007, as the recession began to think its teeth into the economy, Mr. Robert had so much time on his hands that he decided to turn to the skeleton in his closet. Because its parts were wired together, for educational purposes, the artist decided he needed one that could be broken down into pieces. So he traded his skeleton, for a box filled with 206 real human bones. Since then, Francois Robert has been spending most of his days, on his knees, arranging even the tiniest bones into the right position, for the perfect shot.

World’s largest shoe

This bad boy is 18.04 feet long, 6.92 feet wide and 9.51 feet high, and it’s an exact replica of a Converse Chuck Taylor All Star. What size would it be? UK size 845. Designers used a Converse Chuck Taylor All Star European size 39 as a model. The Nationaal Fonds Kinderhulp unveiled the massive shoe on Nov. 17 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Most perfect games of Wii Bowling

Most perfect games of Wii Bowling

John Bates, 85, made it into Guinness World Records for the most perfect games of Wii Sports Bowling: 850 perfect games from April 2009 through October 2010.

World's Hairiest Girl

Some of her friends at school ask her “monkey face” and some “wolf girl” but Supatra Sasuphan says that she is very happy at being named the ‘Hairiest Girl of the World’. The 11-year old Thai girl Supatra has been awarded Guinness World Record and she says it has helped her become

Largest Super Mario collection

Largest Super Mario collection

Mitsugu Kikai of Japan owns the largest collection of Super Mario memorabilia, comprising 5,400 individual items.

Highest Guitar Hero

Highest Guitar Hero 3 score by a female

Annie Leung holds the record for the highest score by a female gamer on Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock: 789,349 points playing “Through the Fire and Flames” on the expert setting.

Extreme Yoga Poses

Yoga poses will move your body through a variety of postures and will stretch the muscles. One tip for any budding yogis – don’t overeat before a practice as this can upset the stomach and cause discomfort. Well it is said that breathing is a major component to yoga fundamentals. You will need to have control over your

Youngest perfect Dance - Dance Revolution gamer

The youngest person to reach a perfect “AAA” rating on a Dance Dance Revolution game on the expert difficulty setting is Ryota Wada of Japan. At the age of 9, he mastered the song “Hyper Eurobea” at his home in Tokyo.

Caricature Art By Jason Seiler

A caricature is a portrait of a person that exaggerates certain features in order to express the essence of the person and still make the subject easily identifiable. Caricatures have probably influenced your opinions and viewpoints in ways you never even realized. If you have ever looked at an editorial caricature in a Sunday paper, and agreed with it, objected to it, or simply found it funny, then you have been influenced by this art

World's Widest Mouth

The widest mouth measures 6.69 inches! It belongs to Francisco Domingo Joaquim “Chiquinho” and was measured on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy. On May 4, 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party in North Slob in County Wexford, Ireland. He became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, then later realized it was impossible to confirm in reference books. He then thought that a book supplying answers to such questions could be popular.

The first 197-page edition of the “Guinness Book of Records” was bound on Aug. 27, 1955, and went on to the top of the British best-seller list by Christmas. Over 400 million copies have sold since the first edition. The most recent one to hit the shelves is the “Guinness World Records 2011.”

Most Bizarre Operations Ever

1. Feline freakshow?

Self-styled “Catman” Dennis Avner underwent several bizarre surgeries to metamorphose into what he is today. They included skin implants to wear whiskers, shaping of his teeth to resemble a tiger’s, and implants to alter the structure of his face. Here are the most bizarre and unusual operations in medical history.

 

2. Happy ending for little Ming Doctors in China have saved a young girl’s severed hand by attaching it to her leg for three months while it healed. Ming Li, shown her after the hand was reattached, lost it during a tractor accident in July.

Amazing Dog Town In Brazil

In the city of Caxias do Sul lies a unique animal shelter run by the NGO Sociedade Amiga dos Animais (Friend of Animals Society). The NGO started the program in 1998. The complex is home to 1,600 dogs and 200 cats. Locals have taken to calling it a “dog favela,” or dog slum. The favela’s residents live on a 3-acre plot of land donated by the local municipality. According to the NGO, the animals consume about 12 tons of food per month. Many of the animals that end up at the favela are found on the streets, and some

Can You Guess Who Lives in This House?

Amazingly Creative Drawing Vs Photography

This wonderful work has done by a very talented Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer Ben Heine. This creative artist was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He Studied graphic arts and sculpture and I also have a degree in journalism. Lets take a look at some of his awesome works that he calls “Drawing Vs Photography” or “Imagination Vs Reality”.

Boy Who Uses Feet Instead of Hands

 Ali Srour a Jordanian boy, was born without arms but has learned how to conduct various daily activities like eating and playing games on the computer using his feet. Doctors who have examined Ali said they could not discover any cause for his deformity, but said that it was most likely due to genetic and hereditary

Most Amazing Memorable Religious Sightings

1. Virgin Mary in grilled cheese sandwich

Everyone knows that grilled cheese sandwiches are divine — but here’s one sandwich that garnered international media attention for being especially so. The story began in 1994, when Florida resident Diana Duyser made herself a seemingly ordinary grilled cheese sandwich. She took one bite out of it, then stopped cold.
“I saw a face looking up at me,” she said. “It was Virgin Mary staring back at me. I was in total shock.”
Duyser said she surrounded the sandwich with cotton balls and stored it in a plastic container on her night stand for a full decade. In that time, she said it never decayed — a detail she described as a “miracle.”
And then, in 2004, Duyser put the holy sandwich up for sale on eBay. She made some cool cash from GoldenPalace.com, an Internet casino that paid a whopping $28,000 for the icon.
According to many religious texts, God is great and fathomless, wondrous and infinite. He’s also said to be everywhere — and, let’s face it, “everywhere” is a pretty all-encompassing term. So perhaps that helps to explain why so many folks have spotted religious images in food items, storefront windows, ultrasound images, frying pans — even a cat’s fur. Read on for a recap of 12 of the most colorful and memorable spiritual sightings from recent years.

Pole Dance Art

Pole dancing is fast becoming the new fad in fitness training. Not only is it a good way to lose those extra pounds but it also has additional benefits like strengthening the back, increasing flexibility and visibly improving your walk and posture. Dancing with a vertical pole are more popular than ever before. Woman are feeling empowered, confidence and

Best Infinity Pools in the World

Infinity Pools  are considered most beautiful and luxurious  man made swimming pools around the world. According to Wikipedia an infinity edge pool (also named negative edge, zero edge, disappearing edge or vanishing edge pool) is a swimming or reflecting pool which produces a visual effect of water extending to the horizon, vanishing, or extending to “infinity”. They are often seen at fancy or exotic resorts, exclusive estates and in advertisements. The infinity pool design concept is said to have originated from the calcium laden deposits that formed the natural infinity edge pools of Pamukkale, Turkey.


1. Infinity Pool in Maldives

World's Greatest Mysteries

1. Easter Island
Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is remotely located 2,000 miles off the coast of Tahiti. The original settlers of the island were Polynesians who migrated to the far-off land between 400 and 600 BC. They built many shrines and statues, called moai, from stones quarried throughout the island including a volcano site. Researchers still question exactly how the large stones were moved. The world is full of unsolved mysteries, some that invoke the supernatural. Many have tried to establish reason to these wild quandaries, but not all have perfect answers. Here are some of the best enigmas the world has to offer…

2. The Legend of El Dorado

The Legend of El Dorado originates from the Muisca, who lived in the modern country of Colombia from 1000 to 1538 AD. In a ritual ceremony for their goddess, the tribal chief would cover himself in gold dust