Jan 22, 2008 -
From the Daily Mail.
Make a Splash in the World's Largest Swimming Pool
Last updated at 20:38pm on 22nd January 2008
If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one.
It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water.
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Nov 24, 2009 -
Gisele Caroline Bόndchen (born July 20, 1980) is a Brazilian model and occasional actress. According to Forbes, she is the highest-paid model in the world and also the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment world,having earned $33 million in 2007 and $35 million in 2008 alone, adding to her estimated $150 million fortune. She is also listed on Guinness Book of World Records as the world`s richest supermodel.
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Feb 24, 2008 -
From MSNBC.
HUNGRY? HOW ABOUT A 134-LB.
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Oct 15, 2009 -
KATMANDU, Nepal - Now that he's all grown up, 18-year-old Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal wants the world to know just how tiny he is.
Magar, who stands 22 inches tall, has been waiting four years for his chance to take the title of the world's shortest person.
On Thursday, a day after his birthday and becoming an adult, supporters mailed an application package to Guinness World Record in London seeking to stake his place in the record book.
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Oct 08, 2009 -
CASSELTON, N.D. – Boomer may be a buster: Measuring 3 feet tall at the shoulders and 7 feet long from nose to destructive wagging tail, he might be the world's tallest living dog. Owner Caryn Weber says her 3-year-old Landseer Newfoundland keeps all four paws on the floor when he drinks from the kitchen faucet in her family's eastern North Dakota farm house.
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Jul 30, 2009 -
Palestinian children turned out in big numbers on a beach in the northern Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the world record for kite flying. More than 6,000 children gathered to fly more than 3,000 kites, according to the United Nations, which organised it.
The previous record was set in Germany last year - when the Guinness Book of World Records says 967 kites took to the sky simultaneously.
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Nov 09, 2007 -
NORFOLK, Va. - To all those people who blurt out "Wow, you're tall!" as they stare up at George Bell: He knows.
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Sep 16, 2008 -
Svetlana Pankratova currently holds the Guinness World Record for the woman with the longest legs. She recently met China’s He Pingping. According to the Guinness Book of Records, He Pingping is the world’s shortest man.
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Nov 06, 2007 -
DUBLIN, Texas - Another day, another bizarre world record for Jackie Bibby, the "Texas Snake Man." Bibby spent about 45 minutes in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes Monday, fully clothed, shattering his own record by 12 snakes just in time for Guinness World Records Day, which is Thursday. A Guinness official certified the record.
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Oct 29, 2008 -
Fall Out Boy loves a good ole fashioned challenge. Last year, they tried to play the most venues in the world in a seven month time, but they failed when attempting to play Antarctica. Now they're at it again.
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