World's Tallest Horse?

Posted by Jill Harness in Animal, Odd News, World Records on October 4, 2009 at 11:23 pm

clydesdale240x160Poe the Clydesdale is an impressive 6′ 8″ tall and his owner, Shereen Thomspon, is seeking to have him admitted into the Guinness Book of World Records. Poe weighs over 3,000 pounds and stands at 80.8 inches high. The current record holder is shorter by a mere .8 inches.

The giant horse eats 10 pounds of grain and drinks 75 gallons of water per day. “He is extremely popular, but his size always means people keep a cautious distance from him — although they shouldn’t, as he is a real puppy,” Thompson said.

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Full Recovery for Girl with Two Hearts

Posted by Queuebot in World Records on July 14, 2009 at 10:46 am

In 1995, two-year-old Hannah Clark of Mountain Ash, Wales suffered from cardiomyopathy and received a donor heart, which was "piggybacked" onto her original heart and took over its function. For ten years, the donor heart beat in Hannah’s chest, but she was developing tumors and could not continue the immunosuppressive drugs transplant patients must take to counter organ rejection. Since Hannah still had her original heart, doctors decided to disconnect the donor heart. After ten years of not working, her original heart took over pumping blood and functions without medication. Three years later, Hannah is completely recovered.

Professor Peter Weissberg, of the British Heart Foundation, said cardiologists have long wondered whether a heart which is failing because of cardiomyopathy might be able to recover if rested.

“This seems to be exactly what has happened in Hannah’s case in which the donor heart allowed her own heart to take a rest and recover.

“This is an exciting discovery since it proves that, in some instances, a weakened heart has the capacity to recover – if it can be helped.”

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15 Largest Objects

Posted by Jill Harness in Food & Drinks, Pictures, World Records on April 15, 2009 at 3:54 pm

This is the world’s largest hamburger. There is a whopping 80 pounds of meat and 30 pounds of bun. If you’d like to order one yourself from the Denny’s it is offered at, it costs $379. If you enjoy strangely oversized things like this, be sure to click on the link for 14 other crazy, humungous objects.

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The World Record For Talking Too Much

Posted by Jill Harness in Everything Else, Odd News, World Records on January 24, 2009 at 1:01 pm

My friends sometimes say I have a problem with never shutting up. I bet if they met Lluis Colet, they might change their tune. In 2004, Colet was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for longest speech. His 2004 speech lasted 48 hours. Since then, the record was beaten, so Colet won it again, this time by talking for an amazing 124 hours. In the name of all people who talk too much, my hat is off to you Lluis.

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