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World's Oldest Man Is 112-Year-Old American

Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez lives in upstate New York

(Newser) - A 112-year-old self-taught musician, coal miner, and gin rummy aficionado from western New York is the world's oldest man, according to Guinness World Records. Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez claimed the title when Jiroemon Kimura died last month at age 116. (The world's oldest person is a woman, 115-year-old Misao Okawa...

In Single 5th-Grade, a Record Number of Twins

Highcrest Middle School's 24 sets look to be new Guinness record

(Newser) - Wilmette, Ill., might seriously want to get its water checked: When 11-year-old brothers Luke and Ryan Novosel started scheming on the wacky or weird ways in which they might land in the Guinness Book of World Records, they eventually gave up on loudest burp and found their answer in their...

Man Breaks Ferris Wheel World Record

Spends a hair more than 2 days on ride—awake

(Newser) - Want to snatch the record for world's longest Ferris wheel ride? You'll need to clear your schedule for two days and leave your pillow at home in order beat the newly reigning champ, a manager of Chicago's Navy Pier who rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel—...

Guinness-Record Holder Dies While Repeating Stunt

Sailendra Nath Roy attempted to cross river via zip line and ponytail

(Newser) - An Indian daredevil who made it into the Guinness Book of World Records died yesterday while repeating a version of his stunt, reports the BBC . Sailendra Nath Roy entered the record books in 2011 after traveling the farthest recorded distance on a zip line ... using his hair. The 48-year-old (other...

30 Skiers Hold Hands, Do Backflip

But they miss the Guinness deadline, so they'll try again next year

(Newser) - Thirty skiers grabbed hands, sped down a hill in Canada, and did a joint backflip, hoping for a Guinness record. The good news: It's probably the biggest simultaneous skiing backflip in history, the Telegraph reports. The bad: The group missed the entry deadline, so they'll try again next...

Dodgeball Teams Play for Record 43 Hours

Set Guinness world record, according to organizer

(Newser) - A group of dodgeball players chucked balls for almost two straight days this past weekend in New York and say they set a new Guinness world record in the process. A high school gym teacher organized the 18 men and women, who started playing at 7pm Friday and put down...

Woman Sets Everest Record
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Woman Sets Everest Record

In a first for women, Chhurim made 2 ascents in 2 weeks

(Newser) - Impressive: Climbing Everest. Wow: Doing it twice in a matter of days. A 29-year-old Nepalese woman entered the Guinness Book of World Records today as the first woman in the world to have made two ascents in one season, having reached the peak of the 29,035-foot mountain on May...

World's Oldest Person Dies in Georgia at 116

Besse Cooper fought for women's right to vote

(Newser) - A former schoolteacher in Georgia has died after spending nearly two years as the oldest person alive. Besse Cooper died peacefully at the age of 116 yesterday, not long after she had her hair done and watched a Christmas video in the nursing home where she had lived since 2001,...

98-Year-Old Message in Bottle Sets Record
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Sep 2, 2012 11:52 AM CDT

98-Year-Old Message in Bottle Sets Record

Same fishing boat set previous mark

(Newser) - A Scottish man has discovered a 98-year-old message in a bottle, setting a world record for the oldest such discovery, the BBC reports. Perhaps even more remarkable, though: The skipper was aboard the same vessel that set the previous record. "It was an amazing coincidence," says Andrew Leaper,...

World's Narrowest Street Has a Big Problem

It may disappear thanks to bulging wall in Germany

(Newser) - Spreuerhofstrasse Street in Germany is all of 12 inches wide and 12 feet long, but it is officially a street and thus owns the Guinness distinction of being the world's narrowest. For now. As Der Spiegel points out, the street in the city of Reutlingen has a problem: One...

Guy Nears 3M Miles in 1966 Volvo

Irvin Gordon has just 34K miles to go

(Newser) - It just keeps going, and going, and going, and no, it's not a battery: It's Irvin Gordon's 1966 Volvo P1800S. Gordon's small, red two-door has well more than 2 million miles on the odometer, the equivalent of nearly 1,176 times around the globe. The retired...

Philippines Crocodile Sets Guinness Record

One-ton 'Lolong' enters the books as biggest in captivity

(Newser) - Other nations may be shedding crocodile tears today: The Philippines has officially set the record for having the largest saltwater crocodile in captivity. Ginormous "Lolong," captured last year , weighs in at more than a ton and measures 20.24 feet long, according to the Guinness World Records. Lolong...

Flaming Lips Steal Jay-Z's Odd Guinness Record

8-city, 1-day tour bests rapper's record of 7 shows in 24 hours

(Newser) - The Flaming Lips have rocked their way into the record books by playing eight gigs in eight cities in the space of 24 hours, toppling Jay-Z's record of seven. The veteran psychedelic rockers from Oklahoma kicked off the tour with a gig in Memphis and finished up in New...

Hottest Temp Ever Created by Man: 7 Trillion Degrees

Physicists produced it during quest to learn more about Big Bang

(Newser) - A team of New York physicists has managed to smash gold ions into a quark-gluon plasma much like the one believed to have existed in the milliseconds after the Big Bang—and in the process broken the Guinness World Record for the hottest man-made temperature ever recorded. The plasma hit...

Paper Plane's Record Flight Causes a Ruckus

Plane's maker used a college quarterback to toss it

(Newser) - In February, the Guinness world record for tossing a paper airplane was broken by television producer John Collins, 51. But controversy erupted over the achievement, as Collins, who designed the paper plane, did not throw it himself but instead recruited a brawny 27-year-old college football quarterback named Joe Ayoob to...

Man Sets Record With 16 Hours of Fist-Pumping

He kept his hand shut with super glue

(Newser) - An Ohio man has set what is, if nothing else, the most enthusiastic world record of all time. James Peterson, 34, pumped his fist for 16 straight hours beginning at 11am Friday, using super glue to, in his words, "ensure I maintain perfect fist formation," the Akron Beacon ...

Man Sets Record Surfing Tallest Wave Ever

Guinness certifies November feat from American Garrett McNamara

(Newser) - American pro surfer Garrett McNamera has done something no other man alive has done: surfed a 78-foot wave and lived to tell of it. Guinness World Record has declared McNamera's wave the tallest ever surfed, topping the previous record, held by legendary surfer Mike Parson, by just one foot,...

New World Record: Longest Bridal Train

It's a crazy 1.85 miles long

(Newser) - The bride who wears this gown will have to start her procession to the church about two miles away: The Guinness Book of World Records on Monday recognized a 1.85-mile-long ivory train on a silk and lace gown as the world's longest, beating the previous record held by...

Woman Sets Paragliding Record ... at Age 101

She decided to do it because her 75-year-old son did

(Newser) - A 101-year-old Utah woman who ushered in her birthday with a tandem paraglide ride last year will soar into the record books today. Great-great-grandmother Mary Hardison has been officially recognized as the "Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem" by Guinness World Records. She has supplanted a 100-year-old woman from Cyprus...

Docs Halt Growth of World's Tallest Man

Sultan Kosen, 8-feet-3 inches, given medication by UVa. doctors

(Newser) - The world's tallest man may have reached his peak, thanks to treatment by researchers at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Measuring at 8-feet-3 inches, 29-year-old Sultan Kosen of Turkey is listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records at the tallest living man. Kosen visited the university in May...

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