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Watch out Ellen MacArthur there is a new kid in town. Jessica Watson set sail on 18 October 2009 in her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo non-stop and unassisted around the world.
I have enormous respect for her already. Simply getting to the start line is an staggering feat of endurance. Reading Ellen macArthur’s autobiography I was struck by just how difficult it is to launch a serious ocean going expedition. The money involved, the technical difficulties and the sheer....Watch out Ellen MacArthur there is a new kid in town. Jessica Watson set sail on 18... more
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Free diving is not a sport to be taken lightly. death is common and it’s participants walk a narrow path between fulfilling their dreams and meeting the almighty. William Trubridge is the unassisted world record holder with a depth of 288 feet. A man able to hold his breath for more than 5 minutes and who when not training in the water goes running holding his breath!
I hope you enjoy the film – Please take a moment to comment afterwards and give your thoughts or perhaps recommend other exceptional and unusual sportsmen for my next film.Free diving is not a sport to be taken lightly. death is common and it’s... more
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In 2007 Great Britain’s top track cyclist Chris Hoy attempted to break the Kilo world record in La Paz, Bolivia. This film chronicles the record attempt.
Chris Hoy is a giant in the cycling world, a man with enormous power, technique and above all character. Always prepared to give his all in persuit of victory, nobody trains or works harder. Is it enough?
Watch the following video for a fantastic insight into the record attemp and the mind of a true champion:In 2007 Great Britain’s top track cyclist Chris Hoy attempted to break the Kilo... more
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Adventurer and extreme athlete Greg Kolodziejzyk shattered the world record for the greatest distance traveled by muscle power in a single day. Read more stories like this at http://www.CrazyJourneys.comAdventurer and extreme athlete Greg Kolodziejzyk shattered the world record for the... more
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A woman that once had really, really long fingernails has broken her silence in a candid interview.
Lee Redmond, a 68-year-old grandmother from Salt Lake City, lost some of her nailidge in a shocking car door accident. A day she will never forget.
Anyhoo, she's able to do more stuff now that her once record-breaking nails aren't so long.A woman that once had really, really long fingernails has broken her silence in a... more
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On the day Brit 17-year-old Mike Perham became the world's youngest person ever to sail around the globe single-handedly, an even younger whipper-snapper from Holland has announced she wants to steal Mike's crown and try a bit of single-handed circumnavigation herself.
13-year-old Laura Dekker's wish to sail around the world on her own has whipped up a storm of controversy - and a legal battle - in Holland. Concerned that Laura's parents support her marathon voyage, the country's Social Services have asked the courts to grant them custody of her.
Laura's lawyer, however, argues that she won't be alone for longer than three weeks at a time during the whole voyage, saying this should suffice for her to be allowed to attempt the challenge.
Dekker, who's been sailing solo since she was 6, will find out on Friday if she'll be allowed to sea or not.On the day Brit 17-year-old Mike Perham became the world's youngest person ever to... more
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An attempt to set off a world record 110,000 fireworks in under 60 seconds failed miserably in Bournemouth. Instead of going off as planned, the barge carrying the fireworks appeared to blow up and burst into flames.
No rockets shot into the skies and just six seconds in, the whole thing crashed and burned. Around 175,000 who had turned up to watch the Roar on the Shore left disappointed and faced severe delays in getting home.
Ruth Downing took some pleasure in seeing the flaming barge: "It looked like the barge just exploded and then caught fire. It was very disappointing not so much a roar as a growl. We thought it would be rockets exploding in the sky in this amazing fireworks display, but instead if you blinked you would have missed it. It was just a big bang, a blinding flash and then flames. That was probably the most exciting bit because it looked like the barge was on fire."
Yet another FAIL from Britain in the world record attempts.An attempt to set off a world record 110,000 fireworks in under 60 seconds failed... more
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If you thought the Octomom was crazy, listen to this - a woman in Tunisia is pregnant with a record-shattering 12 babies after undergoing fertility treatment. She's expected to give birth later this month to six boys and six girls.
The litter, er, 12 babies are referred to as duodecaplets.If you thought the Octomom was crazy, listen to this - a woman in Tunisia is pregnant... more
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A new world record for the largest custard pie fight has been set in Colchester with 253 people gathering to throw 648 pies - filled with 200 litres of custard - in just a few minutes.
Marco Frigatti, vice president of Record Management at Guinness World Records, said the contest had to be conducted under official rules, including measuring the pies, counting them, and having each person in the fight throw at least twice.
The previous record of 120 people was accomplished in Los Angeles in 2008.A new world record for the largest custard pie fight has been set in Colchester with... more
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The 10th annual Sauna World Championship were held in Finland this weekend and 160 men and women from 23 countries competed to beat the heat. The average sauna is heated to between 70c and 80c, but for the competition, the saunas were heated to 110c with half a litre of water poured on the stones every 30 seconds - sizzling indeed!
Timo Kaukonen from Finland won the men's event by staying in the sauna for three minutes, 46 seconds.
Tatyana Arkhipenko from Russian took the women's title with a time of three minutes, nine seconds.The 10th annual Sauna World Championship were held in Finland this weekend and 160 men... more
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Ashrita Furman, 54, is the world's most prolific Guinness World Record holder. He holds the record for being the world's best at 100 different activities.
He has broken 236 records, but was awarded this title for holding 100 titles simultaneously.
A few of his achievements include:
Doing 27,000 star jumps
Somersaulting over 12 miles and 390 yards
Chopping 27 apples mid air with a samurai sword
Pushing a car 17.06 miles in 24 hours
Walking 80.95 miles with a milk bottle on his head.
339 basketball bounces in one minute
40 M&Ms eaten with chopsticks in one minute
Having a poem translated and recited into 111 different languages
Ashrita has spent the last 30 years being the best and is even training for his next record attempt - running the fastest mile with flippers on his feet.Ashrita Furman, 54, is the world's most prolific Guinness World Record holder. He... more
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Louise Brown, 91, is about to borrow her 25,000th library book and has never been fined for a late return.
Welsh-born Louise reads at least a dozen books a week, sticking to the large-print editions, as she's partially sighted.
Staff at the Stranraer Library in Dumfries and Galloway reckon Louise could earn herself a place in the record books and have asked other libraries to contact them if they know of someone who's borrowed more books.
Louise said: 'My parents were great readers and I've always loved books. I started reading when I was five and have never stopped. I like anything I can get my hands on.'Louise Brown, 91, is about to borrow her 25,000th library book and has never been... more
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Tyler Bradt set a new world record by plunging 186 feet over a waterfall in Washington State. The 22 year-old American suffered only a sprained wrist and a broken paddle during the 4 second fall over Palouse Falls.
At the bottom of the falls, Tyler sank 20ft underwater and stayed submerged for seven seconds before resurfacing.
Bradt set a previous record in 2007 when he took a kayak over the 107-ft Alexandra Falls in Canada. His newest feat surpasses his Brazilian rival who earlier this year who successfully negotiated the 127-ft Salto Bello falls in Brazil.Tyler Bradt set a new world record by plunging 186 feet over a waterfall in Washington... more
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Poor Efel the pet chicken needed a bit of egging on for her latest effort. It took her a week of preparation and half an hour of pushing before she could unleash her creation on the world: an egg three times the size of a regular egg and one of the biggest ever recorded.
Her owner, 11-year-old Gabrielle Needler, from Reigate, Surrey, was shocked when she saw the egg in the coop. She said: 'Efel didn't lay for a week and we wondered why. Then she laid this massive egg so she was obviously saving it all up. It took her half an hour to lay this one - normally it only takes about five minutes.'
The egg weighed in at 194 grammes, or about 7oz. The family have written to Guinness to see if it is a record breaker, but have since learned that the biggest ever recorded was an egg-tastic 340grams, from an English hen in 1896.
Gabrielle's mother, Kim, said: 'I can only imagine it was a giant hen - or the poor girl must have suffered horribly. I reckon ours must at least be the biggest in the country for a century. Gabrielle is so proud she won't let anyone else hold it.'
Gabrielle plans to blow out the yolk for a giant fried egg then decorate the shell.Poor Efel the pet chicken needed a bit of egging on for her latest effort. It took... more
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Zohaib, who goes to primary school, was still only eight when he took the first of his A-level papers in January. He scored 90 per cent across all six modules to land his A-grade. He beat the record held by Hong Kong maths prodigy March Boedihardjo who was nine years and three months old when he sat exams to get an A-grade in maths.Zohaib, who goes to primary school, was still only eight when he took the first of his... more
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A man has survived plunging 55 metres over the Niagara Falls, becoming the second person in over 100 years to live after going over the edge with no protective gear.
Said to be distraught, he jumped into the rapids above The Horseshoe Falls, one of Niagara's three waterfalls, and after surviving the impact, resisted rescuer's attempts to help him by swimming away from them and climbing out of a sling dropped by a helicopter.
"He was on a suicide mission, I assume," said Mr Hafen, the pilot. "I've never, in my career, seen someone so tough, swimming between the ice."
The man's now in a critical condition in Niagara Falls hospital, with hypothermia and a head injury.A man has survived plunging 55 metres over the Niagara Falls, becoming the second... more
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Steeped in history - Redmire pool is one of the most charming and sought after fishing lakes in the UKSteeped in history - Redmire pool is one of the most charming and sought after fishing... more
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Reporting from Washington -- For vast swaths of Americans, election day has already come and gone thanks to a record level of early voting -- a big transformation of the way Americans exercise their most fundamental right as citizens. In three swing states -- North Carolina, New Mexico and Colorado -- the number of voters who have already cast their ballots has reached more than 70% of the number who voted there in 2004.
That may represent the beginning of a tidal wave of voting participation that could match or break a record set a century ago, when two-thirds of eligible voters went to the polls for the 1908 presidential election.
The influx in many places seems to be favoring Obama, as Democratic early voters outnumber Republicans in all but one state that keeps track of party affiliation, according to data compiled by the U.S. Elections Project at George Mason University.
Michael P. McDonald, director of the project, predicts that some 30% of all ballots this year will be cast before election day. That would be up from 20% in 2004 and from 7% in 1992.
"These early numbers are startling, far outpacing what would be expected at this stage in the election," said McDonald.
It remains to be seen whether the wave of early voters portends a big increase in final turnout figures. But analysts see signs that it will. The number of voters registered nationwide increased about 2.5% to include 73.5% of the eligible population -- the highest level at least since women won the right to vote in 1920, according to an estimate by the Center for the Study of the American Electorate.
"The level of voter enthusiasm and excitement indicates that this is a 100-year storm of elections," said Paul Gronke, director of the Early Voting Information Center at Reed College in Portland, Ore."
Reporting from Washington -- For vast swaths of Americans, election day has already... more
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And who said you needed professional equipment to catch a whopper.
David Hayes expected a chilled out day fishing with his 3-year-old granddaughter Alyssa, maybe catching a few tiddlers and then heading home, but oh how wrong he was.
When Alyssa asked Grandad to hold her rod whilst she nipped to the little girl' room, he thought little of it, until as he so expertly put it: "the cat hit the cricket and took off."
When his granddaughter returned to see him clutching her 2.5ft pink Barbie rod bent over double she thought the rod was about to snap, but the Barbie fishing gear stood the test of time and after 25 minutes he netted a record breaking 21 lbs,1oz catfish, 3lbs over the existing record and measuring 2inches longer than the rod itself.
And who said you needed professional equipment to catch a whopper.
David Hayes... more
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Just overnight, the new Batman film gathered a record breaking 18.4 million becoming the highest earning movie for midnight showings. Some are predicting it might be on its way to be the film with the biggest opening of all time.Just overnight, the new Batman film gathered a record breaking 18.4 million becoming... more
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