Medusa, the world’s largest snake weighs more than 300 lbs (135 kg), is 25ft (7.5 meters) long and it takes 15 people to hold her. Medusa, a massive python is set to slither into the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s largest snake living in captivity. The giant snake, which will be on display at the Edge of Hell haunted house attraction in Kansas City, eats a 40lb animal about o…
Sep 23 2011 | Posted in
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lt-water crocodile which measures a “mere” 18ft (5.5 m) and which is still on the loose in the Northern Territory. The Philippine crocodile lived in a river system in Agusan, a poverty-stricken region 500 miles south east of Manila, but while it was a constant threat to villagers no-one was brave enough to try to capture it. The monster crocodile was placed under observation and when it was witnes…
Sep 6 2011 | Posted in
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m). Craig Lenday, Guinness World Records editor-in-chief said the book celebrates “the weirdest and wackiest” with this edition. Rob Hull from Doncaster, UK, is also in the book for having 571 Daleks – despite not being a Doctor Who fan. Rob Hull from Doncaster, UK, is in the 2012 edition of Guinness Book of World Records for having 571 Daleks The 49 year-old Dalek…
Sep 15 2011 | Posted in
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Mark Moffett, a nature-lover has revealed how he spent two days tracking down a giant insect, weta, on a remote New Zealand island – and got it to eat a carrot out of his hand. Mark Moffett, 53, from Colorado, found that giant weta, genus Deinacrida of the family Anostostomatidae, is the world’s biggest insect in terms of weight. The insect weighs 71g and is heavier than a sparrow and three…
l investments, renewable energy use has nearly doubled, and thousands of Americans have jobs because of it. When Bryan Ritterby was laid off from his job making furniture, he said he worried that at 55, no one would give him a second chance. But he found work at Energetx, a wind turbine manufacturer in Michigan. Before the recession, the factory only made luxury yachts. Today, it’s hiring worker…
The world’s largest book has been put on public display in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Dubai at IBN Battuta Mall. The book, named “This is Muhammad”, entered the Guinness World Records as the world’s largest book on February 27. It took professional workers 16 months to finish the 5-meter-long, 4.03-meter-wide and 1.5-ton book, which is estimated to be worth 2.9…
Mar 18 2012 | Posted in
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Huntharnghanki, another Ziona Chana’s wife said the entire family gets along well. The family system is reportedly based on “mutual love and respect”. Ziona Chana, whose polygamous religious sect has 4,000 members and whose grandfather also had many wives, says he has not stopped looking for new wives. “To expand my sect, I am willing to go even to the U.S. to marry,” he said. One of Ziona Chana’…
Oct 20 2011 | Posted in
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One Ton Crocodile Captured In Philippines. Largest Crocodile In The World. Guinness World Records 2012. Woman with the longest tongue. Harbor is the black-and-tan coonhound with the longest canine ears in the world, according to Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records has named Harbor the possessor of the longest canine ears on the planet after his ears measurement: the left ear measur…
Sep 6 2011 | Posted in
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Teodora, the world’s largest cut emerald, which is the size of a watermelon, is set to go up for auction and is expected to fetch $1.15 million. The 57,500-carat stone is scheduled to be auctioned off tomorrow by Western Star Auctions in British Columbia. The gem was found in Brazil and cut in India, before being sold to rare gems dealer Reagan Reaney in Calgary, but there are doubts over w…
ion Foundation said that although the plan didn’t go as far as they would like, it was a major achievement in terms of ocean conservation. Currently the world’s largest marine reserve is a 545,000-sq-km area established by the UK around the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean. …
Lolong, the one-ton crocodile caught in Bunawan, Philippines, has been named the world’s largest saltwater crocodile in captivity. The Associated Press reports that Lolong was caught by locals last September. On Monday, the Guinness Book of World Records declared that the 20.24 feet, 1000 pound crocodile was the largest in captivity. At the time of the crocodile’s capture, Mayor Edwin Cox Elorde…
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A new world record for the largest ukulele ensemble has been set in Yokohama, Japan, at the Ukulele Picnic Week event. More than 2,000 strummers gathered in Yokohama, Japan’s second-largest city, to trump the previous record set in Sweden. The group was watched by Guinness World Records officials, AFP news agency said, and played a song called Aloha Mahalo A Hui Ho, written by a Hawaii-born…
increase since January 2011. “World demand for milk products remains firm which, combined with increasing feed costs, is underpinning world quotations,” the FAO said. But sugar prices fell 4.2%, reflecting an improved sugarcane harvest in Brazil, the world’s largest sugar exporter. Oil prices dipped 0.4%. …
World leaders meeting at a G20 summit in Mexico have urged Europe to take all necessary measures to overcome the eurozone debt crisis. They voiced unease over what one top official described as “the single biggest risk for the world economy”. But European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said “the challenges are not only European, they are global”. Sunday’s v…
Paul Mason, a British man who at one time was the fattest in the world is pleading with the NHS to remove unsightly flaps of flesh after he managed to lose more than half of his body weight. Paul Mason, 50, a former postman from Ipswich, who weighed 60 stone (840 lbs) two years ago, underwent a gastric bypass after he was told he otherwise faced certain death. The man has been left with rolls of…
Nov 25 2011 | Posted in
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The 2011 Rugby World Cup is the seventh edition of the quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) chose New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The IRB Council eliminated South Africa in the first of two rounds of voting. Rugby World Cup 2011 was officially…
Sep 9 2011 | Posted in
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The Tropical Islands Resort in Krausnick, Germany, is the world’s largest indoor beach with 400 sunloungers – and not a cloud in sight. Yet with up to 6,000 visitors allowed in at a time, there are bound to be towel-fights over them – especially as this “indoors paradise” is in Germany. The Tropical Islands Resort in Krausnick, south of Berlin, also boasts the largest indoor pool, 50,000-p…
Nov 23 2012 | Posted in
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According to research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung Electronics has overtaken Nokia to become the world’s largest maker of mobile phones. Nokia took the top spot in 1998 from Motorola, but in the first quarter of 2012 Samsung shipped 93 million phones compared to almost 83 million by Nokia. Samsung also reported its highest quarterly profit since 2008. Net profit was 5.05 trillion won ($…
Princie, one of the largest pink diamonds in the world, has been sold at Christie’s auction in New York for more than $39.3 million. The Princie Diamond was purchased by an anonymous collector bidding by phone, Christie’s said. The 34.65 carat diamond’s origin can be traced back to the ancient diamond mines of Golconda in southern India. The Princie Diamond once belonged to the royal…
Apr 17 2013 | Posted in
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d for $5,000 – it’s debatable whether your average burger-loving diner will ever be wealthy enough to sample the delights of these dishes. The most expensive on the list is the FleurBurger 5000, at Fleur de Lys in Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, which costs a whopping $5,000. Containing foie gras and a special truffle sauce, it is served on a brioche truffle bun with black truffles…
Oct 22 2012 | Posted in
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Earth Hour 2012 made famous landmarks from all around the world, which normally light up the night sky, to plunge into darkness today to raise the profile of climate change. Sydney’s iconic Harbor Bridge and Opera House were among the first buildings around the world to begin the blackout. Later on Washington’s National Cathedral, London’s Clock Tower, the Great Wall of China an…
Mar 31 2012 | Posted in
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the fires at Ground Zero to be extinguished completely. At 8.46am on 11 September the fires started as the first plane hit the North Tower. The remaining fires were eventually put out on 19 December. 5. A third skyscraper fell down A third skyscraper World Trade Center (WTC) Building 7 – a 47-story building and one of the largest in downtown Manhattan fell during the attacks. It went largely unno…
Sep 8 2011 | Posted in
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• Length: 3,323 ft • Area: 20 acres • Depth: Up to 115 ft • Temperature: heated to 26C • Estimated cost of construction: $1.6 billion • Cost of upkeep: $3.2 million a year • Construction time: almost 5 years • Completed: December 2006 • The competition: More than twice the length of the next biggest outdoor pool …
belt to the adjacent towers’ basement. From there they are lifted into position at a speed of two metres a second via a robotic arm that rotates and run along a central beam. Each tower contains 400 brand new Volkswagens. An underground tunnel connects the two buildings, and the cars roll along an internal track to arrive to be fitted with license plates. New owners can watch as their car is…
natural systems catches up with us.” According to Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, the 7th billion child of the world has a better chance of surviving past the age of 5 than 10 years ago. The life expectancy for both women and men has also increased in every Asian and Pacific country during the last 10 years, Dr. Noeleen Heyzer added In 2011, the pace of developme…
