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96-Year-Old Farmer Sets Record for World's Oldest Dad

Donald Deane — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:20:47 +0000

A farmer in India recently became the world's oldest dad at 96-years-old. But what's even more impressive is that he broke a record set by himself two years prior. How the heck does this guy keep going?

Woman Sets Record for Smallest Waist

Cameron Simcik — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:36:37 +0000

Setting any kind of record must be pretty awesome. Having the lowest voice on the planet or making the largest Frito pie in all of crunchy snack history garners major bragging rights. It seems like everyone these days wants to take a crack at making things bigger, better, or taller, but in the case of Nerina Orton, she’s aiming for small. Really, really small.

Heaviest Pumpkin Ever Nets Man $15,000

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:10:07 +0000

Ron Wallace was able to grow a pumpkin to 2,009 pounds. And now the Greene, RI man is $15,500 richer for it. The gigantic gourd took top weight prize at the Topsfield Fair in Rhode Island, netting Wallace $5,500. Then he got an additional $10,000 for passing the one ton (2,000 pound) mark. On top of [...]

Man With World's Lowest Voice Makes Record Book

Carl Pettit — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:00:36 +0000

How low can you go? Tim Storms might be tired of that question, but he’d probably be willing to bet you a large sum of money (if he’s a betting man) that he can sing a heck of a lot lower than you, or anyone you know, can. Tim’s deep register is so low, in fact, that Guinness World Records named his voice as the lowest human voice on the planet.

UK Woman Births 12 Pound 12 Ounce Baby Girl

Mary Martin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:28:26 +0000

The not always reliable British tabloid The Sun reports that a woman in the UK gave NATURAL birth of a 12 pound 12 ounce baby girl, named Suzie Tevendale, in only 44 minutes. The tot claims the record as being the heaviest girl ever born in the UK by about 3oz.

RecordSetter Picks Their 15 Best and Craziest World Records of 2011 [VIDEOS]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:03:43 +0000

Thanks to the website RecordSetter, which allows folks to invent a world record in anything, many a wacky record was set and/or broken in 2011.

Some of our favorite RecordSetter marks this year include the record for two girls slapping each other with pizza, the record for most time spent simultaneously juggling, eating and balancing on “rola bola” and the man who set a world record for most quarters shoved up his nose.

World's Largest Afro Is Found New Orleans

Robert and Erin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:06:48 +0000

A social worker from New Orleans makes it into the Guiness Book of World Records for her “doo”. 36-year-old Aevin Dugas has been recognized by Guinness as having the largest natural afro in the world. It has a circumference of 4 feet and 4 inches. Dugas says the biggest drawback about her hair is that [...]