Fourteen-year-old Elisany Silva, who measures 6′9″ (2.06 metres) tall, plays with her sisters and a friend on Ajuruteua beach in Braganca in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para on Tuesday (August 31).
Thought to be one of the tallest teenagers in the world, Elisany could be suffering from a rare disease that has caused her [...]
Etched onto the surface of Lake Baikal, this snow and ice drawing is the world’s single largest artwork stretching out to a total area of over nine square miles.
Created in March of this year by land artist Jim Denevan, the project took Jim and his team of eight 15 days to complete.
Using the [...]
A village in Macedonia has set a new record for the biggest amount of beans boiled in a pot, beating the previous total set by a group of students in South Dakota.
A spokeswoman for Guinness World Records told Macedonian television that the record of 3.15 tons was set Sunday (August 15) in the eastern village [...]
An American car firm is hoping to leave the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport in its wake and produce the world’s fastest production car.
Entitled the Dagger GT Supercar and built by Trans Star Racing, the 9.4 litre, twin turbo 2000 horse powered engine vehicle is expected to hit speeds in excess of 300mph.
Hitting [...]
Following the death of the world’s smallest man earlier this year another Chinese man has stepped forward hoping to claim the title.
Huang Kaiquan, 40, of Sanjiang village, Hejiang County in southwest China’s Sichuan province, measures only 2ft 5.91in (76 cm).
This makes him just 1.4cm taller than He Pingping, who was just 2ft 5.37in [...]
A legendary Manhattan restaurant has set the official Guinness record for the world’s most expensive hot dog.
Serendipity 3, charged $90 and was created for America’s National Hot Dog Day and named it the ‘The Serendipity Foot Long Haute Dog.’
Described as 12 inches of pure beef perfection, the Serendipity Foot Long is grilled in [...]
