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The most interesting, most bizarre and most amazing records broke this year already by the extreme and determined people on the globe! |
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Diver breaks world record dive in fresh water Bbrisul, Tennessee. He came to the surface after a dive of six days, an hour and 42 minutes! |
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Reinhard Kleindl, Austria, breaks the Guinness world record for highest tightrope walking in an urban environment. In Frankfurt, he strode the rope at an altitude of 185 meters. |
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Chinese paper lanterns blowing in the Philippines. The previous record stood at 12,740 while here 15,185 lamps were released into the air. |
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Prison inmates in Lima, the capital of Peru, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest group of prisoners Practising together. |
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University in Thailand, over 5,000 people broke the world record for largest group of "hula hooping". |
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Breaking the Guinness World Record for largest national flag in the world, with dimensions of 349.4 at 226.9 meters. |
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Students in Germany are trying to break the world record for CPR dolls used. 600 students participated in this weird record breaking. |
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Mexico City, an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest amount of chefs you met in one place. 2340 tried and failed to break the Dubai of 2847. Still, a valiant effort and a heck of a lot of chef hats! |
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During Hfrtzl Festival in Germany, women attempted to break the Guinness World Record of wHdrindl traditional outfit. Over 1,900 women succeeded in their mission. |
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Disabled Canadian athlete breaks the world record for 100 meters in a competition for athletes with disabilities in London. |
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World Championship hewers of wood Wisconsin, broke the world record by climbing to a height of 27.4. |
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91-year-old broke the world record for raising weights in the category of people 90 and older. He lifted 85 kg, thus shattering the previous record at 23.5 kg. |
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Records for largest wave surfed was broken in Portugal. If the record is verified, it will be a wave of 30 meters, compared with 23.77 meters of the current wave. |
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Over 300 volunteers broke the Guinness World Record for planting mangroves in one day. 750,000 seedlings were planted in Pakistan. |
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Climber receives a certificate of Guinness World Records, after being crowned as the first man who climbed Everest northern and southern part in one climate season. He did so by a margin of 8 days. |
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24 sets of twins in fifth grade tax break the world record for longest twins the same age, a record that stood at 16 pairs. |
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World record breaking amount of people dressed as Superman at the same time. 566 employees gathered at headquarters of the Chicago Sears, dressed to impress! |
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