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Fantastic Frigid and Fragile Sculptures of Snow
Far from child’s play that goes beyond the conventional carrot-nosed snowman, artists have long crafted chilly creations of snow sculptures. From small blocks of snow to epic proportions, transforming enormous snow blocks into larger than life masterpieces of an ethereal nature, some top the scales at 20 to 30 tons, measuring hundreds of feet in [...]
Worlds Largest Sand Carpet and Intriguing Sand Art
When one thinks of sand art, sand castles are what often comes to mind, but Tibetan Buddhist monks have long designed magnificent mandalas out of colored sand, for which Iranian artists have put a new spin to — famous for their traditional Persian rugs, a group of artists have taken it to a whole new [...]
World Record for Fastest Text Messaging While Skydiving
A group of high-flying daredevils gave new meaning to Extreme Text Messaging, as 10 skydivers for Samsung Mobile attempted to set a Guinness World Record for fastest text messaging while skydiving. The team of professional skydivers text messaged while freefalling from 12,000 feet outside the Los Angeles city limits at the Samsung Mobile XTREME TEXTING [...]
Worlds Largest Barbecue World Record
Surpassing anything remotely close to your typical Hungry Man’s Meal, ravenous participants in Paraguay have broken the Guinness World Record for the largest one day open-air barbecue.
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More than 30,000 people grilled their way into history on October 26th to devour 61,600 pounds (28,000 kilos) of meat over the course of 6 hours [...]
Worlds Most Incredible Extreme Sports Stunts
Be it for claim to fame or the thrill of achievement, there are plenty of people that risk life and limb to perform jaw-dropping stunts for incredible feats which are highly choreographed and rigorously rehearsed for hours, days, and even weeks before a performance, as onlookers watch the madcap attempts in awe and amazement.
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7 Incredible and Bizarre Underwater Inventions and Feats
The mysteries that lie in the depths of the underworld at sea have captivated mankind for centuries. Scientists, researchers and madcap human beings alike have recently attempted to master this foreign world with incredible, bizarre and whacky underwater inventions and feats. Let’s take a look at 7 of them.
Hug a Shark
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