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Couples Trying to Break 46-Hour Kissing World Record

(Above) Thai couples trying to break the kissing world record Seven couples in Thailand are competing to break the 46-hour kissing world record. The tonsil-tickling exploits started on Sunday, two days ahead of Valentines Day. The record, should the ... continue

Donna Simpson, 600-Lb Web Star, No Longer Eating on the Internet

Back in July, James covered the ongoing story of web feederist object of lust Donna Simpson, and her ongoing quest to become the fattest woman of all time in ever. Simpson is- by far- not the only person ... continue

28-Story Escalator Opens in Colombia [Video]

A new 28-story escalator in Colombia's second largest city has set a world record as the world's longest outdoor escalator, and has improved the life quality of thousands of people in the process. However, this mega electric stairway ... continue

Nativity Set Sets World Record in Mexico

How big is your manger? Most nativity sets take up some counter space, but the record breaking Christmas scene in Mexico City covers an entire parking lot. The Mexico City nativity scene has just been certified by the ... continue

Garrett McNamara Sets World Record, Surfs 90-Foot Tall Wave [Video]

Hawaiian resident Garrett McNamara broke a world record this week when he successfully managed to surf a monstrous 90-foot tall wave off the coast of Portugal. The 44-year-old professional surfer was in the water as part of a ... continue

Microsoft Unveils World’s Largest Smartphone In Times Square [Photo]

Microsoft on Monday unveiled their newest Smartphone a device users will never get the chance to use because it's slightly too big to carry in a pocket. Unlike the Samsung Focus S, HTC Radar 4G and other soon ... continue

Couple Gets Married For 100th Time, Sets World Record

Throwing a single wedding can be a stressful situation, there's the guest lists, the flower arrangements, the food and more to plan but that hasn't stopped Lauren and David Blair from getting hitched 100 times, albeit not ... continue

Guinness World Record for 12,000-Pound Chocolate Bar

Chicago-based chocolatiers at World's Finest Chocolate just landed the company a new Guinness World Record with this beast of a chocolate bar. Yet the creation of this 12,000-pound behemoth is not about gluttony - it's about teaching ... continue

Holiday World Opening World’s Longest Water Coaster In May 2012 [Video]

Water coaster fanatics have reason to celebrate today as Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana has announced plans to open "Mammoth" in May 2012, the water slide will be the largest in existence. Costing $9 million to construct ... continue

[Worst Job Ever] Fat Lady Wants To Be Fatter, People Pay To Watch Her Eat

Donna Simpson is setting quite possibly the worst example I have ever seen from a mom, she's attempting to gain 300 pounds, which will turn her into a 1,000 pound woman and allow her to control a ... continue

China lays claim to the world’s longest over water bridge [Video]

A couple of miles may not seem like a lot but when it comes to bridges, especially those going over large bodies of water, but apparently Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain Causeway has lost its position as the world ... continue

Skinny Dipping World Record Set In Wales

If you happened to be in Wales on Sunday you may have noticed four hundred naked people swimming at the beach. The skinny dippers converged on the area to set a world record for the most naked ... continue

The world’s largest working NES controller

As if this didn't already prove students have too much damn time on their hands, a bunch of Dutch undergrads have assembled the largest functional Nintendo Entertainment System controller ever. It's not really an official world record, because ... continue

Kinect hits 10 million sales

For heaven's sake, people, don't encourage them. Microsoft has announced that Kinect has sold 10 million units since launching last November. That means one in five Xbox 360 owners have bought Kinect, a figure that has put the ... continue

Game developer planning 1,000-player online shooter

A Swedish network company is attempting a novel world record: an online first-person shooter with ONE THOUSAND players. All on the same virtual battlefield. All shooting the heck out of each other. To explain more, here's Pikkotekk’s ... continue

This 85-year-old will thrash you at Wii bowling

85-year-old John Bates has just entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the best ever player of the bowling game in Nintendo's Wii Sports. Bates has bowled around 2,850 perfect games in the title, which is around ... continue

Meet The World’s Largest, Most Unhealthy Gummy Worm

If you have $27.95 laying around that you want to waste on junk food you can spend it all in one place. Ladies and Gentlemen meet the 26 inch long (5 inches girth) Gummy Worm, the world's ... continue

[VIDEO] Man ‘beats’ Bejeweled 2 after 2,205 hours of play

Here's something I was unaware of - rather than simply going on forever, casual gaming hit Bejeweled 2 does apparently have an end point. And now one man with too much spare time has found that end ... continue

Man spends $330,000 on virtual space station

Yeah, that's right: virtual. As in, not real. This is the story of one Buzz "Erik" Lightyear, who has just shelled out $330,000 for the Crystal Palace Space Station on Planet Calypso (pictured above), as featured in the ... continue

Dutch Team Upset At World Solar Challenge, Tokai Challenger Wins

A Japanese team competing in Australia's World Solar Challenge took top honors this week in the 1,864 mile solar car race, upsetting the 4-time Dutch champs. The car, known as the Tokai Challenger finished the race in 29 ... continue

Batman: Arkham Asylum sets dubious world record

Batman: Arkham Asylum has reportedly been awarded a Guinness World Record, but not for anything that's actually relevant. Instead, Guinness has named it the "Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever." Sorry? That counts as a record nowadays? ... continue