Around the World in 174 Days

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places, World Records on September 20, 2009 at 10:30 pm

James Bowthorpe of London pedaled his bicycle 18,000 miles around the world in 174 days, 20 fewer days than the world record holder. He arrived back in Hyde Park to complete the journey on Saturday.

Mr Bowthorpe cycled through France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States – taking flights where necessary – before coming back to Europe.

This week he pedalled through Spain and France before catching a ferry across the English Channel to Portsmouth where he met his mother and father.

He finished his ride back at his Hyde Park starting point accompanied by his brothers and 20 other cyclists.

The trip around the world raised £55,000 for research into Parkinson’s disease. Link -via Unique Daily

 
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Let's Hope He Doesn't Blow It! 'Bubbleologist' Creates World's Largest Free-Floating Bubble

Posted by Queuebot in World Records on August 4, 2009 at 6:56 pm

Think you can blow a pretty good-sized soap bubble? Chances are, it’s nothing like the creations of ‘Bubbleologist’ Samsam Bubbleman:

Samsam (real name Sam Heath) was aiming to pop the Guinness World Record set in 2005 in Minnesota, U.S., for a bubble of 105.4 cubic feet. He is not sure of the precise volume of his attempt in Finsbury Park, North London, but it stretched to 20ft by 5ft by 5ft at its biggest.

He is now waiting for official confirmation. ‘I’m confident it has obliterated the former record,’ he said.

Samsam, pictured with his creation, refused to reveal the recipe for his bubble mixture, saying it is the secret to his success.

‘With the right stuff you can make big bubbles with anything – a coat-hanger or even just your hands,’ he said. He developed the top-secret mixture over 20 years of trial and error.

The professional bubble-maker has been described as ‘the Willy Wonka of Bubbles’ by DJ Chris Evans.

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Skating Down a Roller Coaster

Posted by John Farrier in Odd News on July 22, 2009 at 8:36 am

German daredevil Dirk Auer established a new world record when he raced down a 860-meter wood roller coaster track in under a minute. He maintained an average speed of 56 mph on custom skates that he built himself:


‘After this some of the sides were so high that at times I was at 90 degrees and so it was very important to have as much traction as possible. Luckily everything went according to plan – it was a lot of fun.’

Mr Auer, from Gross-Gerau near Frankfurt, is considered to be the most extreme in-line skater in the world.

He already holds the world record for reaching speeds of 190mph as he was dragged along behind a Porsche GT2.

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Sleeping with Scorpions

Posted by Queuebot in Odd News on January 26, 2009 at 2:48 pm

A Thai woman who calls herself the Scorpion Queen spent the last 33 days in a glass-walled room filled with 5,000 scorpions, successfully breaking her own world record for being cooped up with the venomous creatures.  The room was in a shopping mall in Pattaya, Thailand,  and every eight hours she was allowed a 15-minute break.  Kanchana Ketkeaw was bitten 13 times, but she says she’d do it again if anyone challenged her record.

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World's Oldest Cat Turns 125 in Cat Years

Posted by Jill Harness in Animal, Odd News, World Records on December 5, 2008 at 1:33 am

Mischief, the world’s oldest cat, just turned 27 years old. He’s still very active, but has been slowing a little in the last years. His owner, Mr. Thorne, got Mischief when he was only a few months old.

He’s still got two good years to go if he wants to be the oldest living cat ever though, as the current record stands at 29.

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Update: He’s got at least a good 98 years to go before he catches up to the world’s oldest living animal, Jonathan the tortoise. If you click the link, you’ll see a great picture of Jonathan from 1900, when he was already around 75.

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World Record for Largest Thriller Dance

Posted by Alex in World Records on October 4, 2007 at 6:00 pm

"Thrill the World" is a project by Ines Markeljevic to break the Guiness World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Dance of Michael Jackson’s Thriller! It’s scheduled for October 27/28, 2007 – and you, too, can register to join in on the fun.

Link – Thanks Stephie!

Previously on Neatorama: Bollywood Thriller | Wedding Thriller | Inmate Thriller

 
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