Short cat is… well, short. Fizz Girl, a 2 year old Munchkin cat, stands at just 5.24 cm (6 in) from the floor to the shoulders, making her the shortest cat in the world, as verified by Guinness World Records. (via laughingsquid.com)
This is Chanel Tapper. She has the longest tongue in California. (via latimesblogs.latimes.com)
Culture Buzz These guys put all your party tricks to shame. (via all-that-is-interesting.com)
Dinesh Upadhyaya held 800 straws in his mouth at once, which RecordSetter.com asserts is the new world record. However, Guinness World Records has not verified this feat, saying instead the current record belongs to Simon Elmore, who held 400 straws in his mouth.
Food Buzz At two feet long, this giant Hungarian sausage is wrapped in bacon, covered in cheddar cheese, and blanketed with crescent rolls. If that's not enough for you, it came along with a “side” of macaroni and cheese as well. I don't have to tell anyone to commence penis jokes; I know it's going to happen. (via helablog.com)
US Airways said they couldn't make their connecting flight in 15 minutes. Watch these two beautiful nerds prove them wrong.
Staysha Randall has attempted to break the world record of 3,100 piercings for the title of “Most Body Piercings in a Single Sitting.” The piercings took place at Inktoxicated Tattoos in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the record is still awaiting verification by Guinness to be official. (More pictures here)
Brazil breaks the record for the world's tallest lego tower. Over 102 feet and 500,000 pieces!
Posting this video took longer than that. More info about Rubik's Cube prodigy Felix Zemdegs here.
Aghhhhh. This is not okay.
John McAllister has just beaten another longtime video game high score (his last one was on Asteroids). This time, he beat a 25-year-old record of 107,216,700 on Joust. He started playing on Thursday. The video shows an amazing sequence he pulled off during the course of his marathon session.
Rock on Israeli Man, Rock On. (Obvious rocking horse deprivation as a child.)
The biggest star among the new entries in the Guinness World Records 2011 book is–my personal favorite. The dog with the longest tongue in the world, Puggy, a Pekingese dog from Texas whose tongue measures 4.5 inches. jealous?
Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham landed the world's first double backflip in a wheelchair. It started off with many painful attempts and ended with Skittles rain.
Over 2400 bottles of Coke were launched skywards, beating the previous record, which was set in China.
A Japanese boy breaks a jump rope world record by jumping over 90 jump ropes swung by 180 kids. Someone needs to make this an Olympic sport and fast.
Culture Buzz Lisa Courtney, 21, from Welwyn Garden City in England has (officially) the biggest Pokemon collection in the world. Total: 12,113 Pokemon dolls and toys, which is a lot. (More at The Swedish Bed.)
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At 8:12 this morning, two brave young men, John and Rob from Serious Lunch, began an attempt to set the world record for Longest Time for Two People to Touch Noses. URDB.org is on hand to monitor the attempt.