Dome of Milan Is the World’s Largest Chocolate Sculpture
Mirco Della Vecchia, one of Italy’s most famous chocolatiers, has set a new world record for the largest chocolate sculpture. Mister Della Vecchia was competing with himself, for the new record, as he was the current holder, for a chocolate sculpture of the Dolomiti Mountains, made in 2009. This time, Mirco decided to create a […]
German Designer Builds House Out of Beer Coasters
21-year-old Sven Goebel set a new Guinness World Record for the biggest house made of regular beer coasters. The five-room flat Goebel had been working on, since January, was presented to the media, on Sunday, April 11, in Volgeslang, near the German town of Schleiden. The beer coaster house, which was partially furnished with armchairs, […]
Saimir Strati – The Master of Mosaics
One of the world’s best known mosaic artists, Saimir Strati, from Albania, has created some of the most original and impressive mosaics in history. For his creations he has been rewarded with four Guinness Records and international fame. From nails to paintbrushes, Strati can almost any kind of material to create amazing mosaic masterpieces. Let’s […]
Indian Students Write World’s Longest Letter to God
A group of students from an Indian university celebrated their silver jubilee year, by setting a new world record for the longest letter. The Brahmakumaris youth wing of Gujarat University found an original way to celebrate their silver jubilee year, the university’s diamond jubilee year and 600 years since the establishment of Ahmedabad city. They […]
Italians Make World’s Longest Chocolate Bar
The small town of Rivarolo, near Turin, Italy, hosted a Guinness World Records attempt for the longest chocolate bar in the world. The record to beat was 6.98 meters, but A. Giordano, a local chocolatier, and his team outdid themselves and made an 11.57 meter-long chocolate bar. The event was sponsored by a Rivarolo shopping […]
Chinese Woman Has the Smallest Feet in the World
Ms Liu, a 90-years-old woman from China is the current record holder for the smallest feet in the world. Foot binding was an important tradition in China until the early 20th century. There are several theories regarding how a gruesome custom like foot binding became so popular, but regardless of which one is true, the […]
Sikh Priest Sets New Record for World’s Longest Beard
Bhai Sarwan Singh, the head priest of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh temple, was already acknowledged as the man with the world’s longest beard, but now, his facial hair is even longer. The Sikh priest was recently invited to take part in a television show, in Rome Italy, where he had his beard measured. After carefully […]
Woman Actually Wants to Be the Fattest in the World
Believe it or not, there are women out there who would love to gain weight, instead of losing it. And I’m not talking about some anorexic chic, who needs to gain weight, but about a woman who already wears XXXXXXXL clothes. 42-year-old Donna Simpson weighs 600 lbs, but she’s working hard to put on even […]
Melbourne Hosts World’s Longest Lunch
Over 900 people took part in the World’s Longest Lunch event, during the 2010 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. On March 12, Melbourne weather was almost perfect for the longest lunch in the world. nearly 1,000 hungry strangers gathered at a 400-meter-long table, and enjoyed several scrumptious dishes and various types of wine. The oriental […]
Bryan Berg Sets New Card-Stacking World Record
The American card-stacking master has just beaten his own previous world record, by completing a model of the Venetian Macau hotel and casino, made completely out of playing cards. Brian Berg, the man behind the famous key-card hotel, spent 44 days working on the amazing model, using a total of 218,792 playing cards. The fragile […]
Chinese Artist Makes World’s Thinnest Ceramic Bowl
Huang Cheng-nan, a ceramic master from China, has created a series of beautiful ceramic bowls, thinner than China’s Jingdae bowl, the thinnest ceramic in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. Huang Cheng-nan’s ceramic bowls range from 12 cm to 20 cm in diameter, weigh between 4 and 8 grams, and are between […]
Bigloo – The World’s Biggest Igloo
Three friends from Bellevue, Green Bay, managed to build Bigloo, the world’s biggest igloo, in just three months of work. Paul Steckart and his friends were standing in his backyard, after a snowstorm, and one of them said “Why don’t we build an igloo?”. So they did some online research, employed the concept of the […]
Buffalo Sports the World’s Largest Ice Maze
Over 60 thousand people gathered in downtime Buffalo, for the Powder Keg Festival, and the chance to go through the world’s largest ice maze. Apart from all the delicious food and the fun rides, people in Buffalo were most excited about the giant ice maze built in the center of the city. The world record […]
Guinness Rishi – The Human Flag Pole
After changing his name from Har Parkash to Guinness Rishi, in order to show his commitment to setting Guinness records, this Indian daredevil wants to cover his body with 220 flag tattoos. 67-year-old Guinness Rishi constantly tries to make his family and the entire Indian people by constantly setting new records. He previously became father […]
Meet Giant George, the World’s Tallest Dog
After a publicity campaign started by his owner and a bunch of fans, George, a Great Dane from Tucson, Arizon received the rightful title of World’s Tallest Dog. After Gibson, a Great Dane from California and the previous holder of the Guinness World Record for tallest dog past away from bone cancer, George’s owner David […]