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Man Sets World Record With 813-Piece Drum Set
Man Sets World Record With 813-Piece Drum Set
Man Sets World Record With 813-Piece Drum Set
Mark Temperato's drum kit weighs two-and-a-half tons and includes 813 individually assembled pieces that the Lakeville, N.Y., resident can reach without taking a step. That's a world record, according to the folks at Guinness, who know about such things.
Original ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Artwork Sells for Record-Breaking Amount
Original ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Artwork Sells for Record-Breaking Amount
Original ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Artwork Sells for Record-Breaking Amount
We've been mourning the sad loss of 'Calvin and Hobbes' ever since cartoonist Bill Watterson stopped producing the beloved comic strip in 1995. But apparently the strip hasn't gone completely forgotten, since a piece of original 'Calvin and Hobbes' artwork recently broke a record at auction by selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Woman Sets Record for Smallest Waist
Woman Sets Record for Smallest Waist
Woman Sets Record for Smallest Waist
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.
‘The Simpsons’ Fan Marathon Attempts to Break Guinness World Record
‘The Simpsons’ Fan Marathon Attempts to Break Guinness World Record
‘The Simpsons’ Fan Marathon Attempts to Break Guinness World Record
To celebrate its 500th episode, ‘The Simpsons‘ is hoping one of its biggest fans will set another record — and one that Homer Simpson, TV’s most notorious couch potato, would really appreciate. Starting on February 8th, Simpson fanatics are being challenged to continuously watch all 500 episodes of TV’s longest-running primetime, scripted show.
RecordSetter Picks Their 15 Best and Craziest World Records of 2011 [VIDEOS]
RecordSetter Picks Their 15 Best and Craziest World Records of 2011 [VIDEOS]
RecordSetter Picks Their 15 Best and Craziest World Records of 2011 [VIDEOS]
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 quar

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