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• One kilometer high Nakheel Tower of Dubai to become worlds tallest building

  
  Damn Cool Pics — Authority: 619
  It seems like the Burj Dubai will be dethroned from the “world’s tallest tower” position as (also) in Dubai will be built a one kilometer skyscraper. The tower was designed by Woods Bagot Australian architect and it will be built by Nakheel, the same developer which has built those fancy state-of-the-art ...
  7 hours ago

• Trailer park boy

  
  Skate and Annoy — Authority: 138
  There’s a bunch of guys traveling across different countries on skateboards. Guiness World records for distance must be falling faster than world’s biggest skateboard records. The only reason I’m bringing up Rob Thomson from New Zealand so I can lament over the fact that Flight of the Conchords is not ...
  1 day ago

• Bus fare-hike: Andhra government says not party; opposition protests

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  Hyderabad, Jan 7 (IANS) Bus fares in Andhra Pradesh were increased by a steep 20 to 25 percent, evoking strong protest by opposition parties Thursday even as the state government claimed the move was taken without its knowledge.The state, which is already facing protests over the Telangana issue, witnessed another ...
  1 day ago

• Cindy Margolis Really Knows Her Sperm

  
  Blippitt.com — Authority: 553
  Former Playboy model Cindy Margolis will launch a new dating reality show called Seducing Cindy on the FOX Reality Channel on January 30. Word is, there will be a segment on the new show where Margolis tests each of the contestants sperm.  Really. Margolis gave birth to each of her three kids through in-vitro ...
  2 days ago

• Longest Car Jump on New Year Eve

  
  Discover the World — Authority: 123
  I received a link to this video as an e-mail forward. This video shows the amazing dare devil car driver Travis Pastrana jumping 269 ft in his car to make a new world record on New Year eve. An amazing feat indeed, something that needs courage, confindence and of course a fantastic car... and youtube to make it ...
  2 days ago

• Super Slothful Man Wins Ultimate Couch Potato Contest

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 455
  Jeff Miller broke a record with his staggering 72-hour TV binge .  Not only did he set a new Guinness World Record for competitive sitting, he also won his third straight Ultimate Couch Potato contest at the Chicago, Illinois, ESPN Zone.  The self-employed real estate mogul is only 26, but he’s got the TV ...
  2 days ago

• Would You Like To Know Some Guinness-Certified Gaming World Records? [At Your Service]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 799
  Waiting for me in the office upon my return from vacation this week was a copy of the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamers Edition . So many records in there. So lets randomly highlight a few feats. Ah, but lets have some fun with this. The books about 200 pages long. So, write a page number in the comments section ...
  2 days ago

• Guy breaks world record for TV watching

  
  TV Squad — Authority: 695
  Another year, another TV watching marathon. Jeff Miller, a businessman from Illinois, won his third (yup, third) Ultimate Couch Potato title at ESPN Zone. Miller watched TV for three straight days, beating three other TV fans who couldnt stay up for that long. Not only if this the third straight time that Miller ...
  3 days ago

• Go Buy Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2010, Call Yourself a Noob

  
  Loot Ninja — Authority: 448
  As of yesterday, you can pick up a shiny new copy of the Guinness Book of World Records 2010 Gamer’s Edition. For $14.99, you can flip through the pages of all the people that spend entirely too much playing video games. Our friends in the UK can pick up the “Video Game Bible” on January 21st for 15 pounds. I ...
  3 days ago

• Burj Khalifa facts and figures

  
  YeinJee's Asian Journal — Authority: 429
  56 random facts and figures of Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest structure… Read the rest of this post » Burj Khalifa facts and figures from YeinJees Asian Blog
  3 days ago

• The World’s Tallest Building Gets Grand Opening Despite Not Being Done

  
  Popular Fidelity — Authority: 455
  It’s the shining jewel of the Arabian Peninsula.  It started life as the Burj Dubai, but after a $25 billion dollar bailout from Abu Dhabi’s ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, it is now the Burj Khalifa.  Either way, the tallest building in the world had an appropriately massive grand opening ceremony ...
  3 days ago

• Burj Khalifa, world’s tallest building opens in Dubai

  
  YeinJee's Asian Journal — Authority: 429
  Burj Khalifa (Khalifa Tower), the world’s tallest building, was officially opened on January 4 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates… Formerly known as Burj Dubai , the skyscraper was renamed as Burj Khalifa after the ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates. Burj Khalifa is 828m in height with ...
  3 days ago

• Mexico Sets Record for World’s Biggest Sweet-Bread

  
  Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities — Authority: 536
  Record attempts are very frequent in Mexico and most of them have to do with food. On January 3rd, Mexican chefs managed to create the world’s biggest sweet bread , called “Rosca de Reyes”. Popular around the Three Kings holiday, in Mexico, Rosca de Reyes never looked as big and tasty before. The cooking of ...
  3 days ago

• Assistant Swim coach attempts to break a world record, but not by swimming!

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 449
  Retros Arcade Right now at Retro’s Arcade in Clarksville TN, David Scherer is playing to win – a world record that is. David – a 19yr old sophomore at Austin Peay University is trying to break the world record for longest play of the game Grand Theft Auto. The record is currently 40 hrs and 21 min held by ...
  3 days ago

• Photos of Dubai as Dubai opens the world’s tallest skyscraper

  
  The Blogs at HowStuffWorks BrainStuff — Authority: 142
  Dubai opened the world’s tallest skyscraper today:Dubai names tallest building after bailout patronThe developer of the newly opened tower said it cost about $1.5 billion to build the tapering metal-and-glass spire billed as a “vertical city” of luxury apartments and offices. It boasts four swimming pools, a ...
  3 days ago

• Guinness World Records 2010: Gamers Edition out today

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 756
  Whats the highest grossing arcade game of all time? Whats the longest anyones spent playing an MMO? Youd know the answers to these and many more questions about the extremes of the video game world if you had a copy of the Guinness World Records 2010: Gamers Edition . Or if you clicked over to the press release ...
  4 days ago

• Travis Pastrana Flies a Car

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 772
  ( YouTube Link ) When he gets bored with doing double backflips on his bike, skydiving without a chute , or inventing new sports like the Hydrojump , Travis Pastrana takes life easy with a casual drive in Long Beach, CA.  Watch him sail this rally car 269 feet with the precision landing of an experienced pilot. ...
  4 days ago

• Guinness World Records for Video Games

  
  My Techbox — Authority: 136
  Guinness World Records today (Jan. 4) announced the availability of its book for video game records, facts, trivia, etc. with the Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer’s Edition. It’ll be sold globally by BradyGames through book retailers and gaming stores from today for $14.99 in the U.S. and from Jan. 21 for 15.00 ...
  4 days ago

• Burj Dubai - World Tallest Building 2010 set World Record

  
  World Records 2009 2008 | Limca Book Records | World Amazing Video — Authority: 133
  The tallest skyscraper has been built by Dubai. Today, on Monday, Dubai is going to inaugurate the largest and tallest skyscraper of the world with hope that it will help Dubai to make an end of the present recession that hit UAE badly and especially Dubai. Burj Dubai, 160 story-building, took $1.5 billion Dollars to ...
  4 days ago

• Guinness world record appreciation for ‘Bhavanaonko Samjho’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  For the first time in the history of Bollywood 52 television stand up comedians will be seen in one movie making people laugh with their side splitting humour. According to our source, “The movie, “Bhavnaonko Samjho’ is actually a comedy film packed with 52 stand-up comedians among whom some of the prominent ...
  4 days ago

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