Tortoise Celebrates its 190th Birthday as the World's Oldest Land Animal
Jonathan the tortoise is the world's oldest living land animal and is celebrating his 190th birthday with video and cake.
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World's Oldest Pen Pals Turn 100, After 84 Years of Transatlantic Letters-And Now They're Meeting on Zoom
The world's oldest pen pals have both turned 100 years old, and are celebrating 80 years of letters sent across the pond.
Wiener Dog Gives Birth to So Many Puppies it Might Be a World Record: 'She's Such a Great Mum'
A dachshund has given birth to what could be a world record litter for her species-11 puppies at one time.
Maine Sets Records for Atlantic Herring and Salmon Runs in the Penobscot River
Maine's rivers are the only ones left in the US where Atlantic salmon can return to spawn, and the most productive of these rivers is having one of its most productive years. After the removal of the Bangor Great Works Dam on the Penobscot River, ocean-going/river-spawning fish began to return in large numbers. As of […]
Farmers Show off Mammoth Produce at County Fair Headlined by 1,300 lbs. Pumpkin
At last weekend's Malvern Autumn Festival in the UK, growers from across the Isles showed off vegetables of truly frightening proportions.
Palm Beach County Smashes All-Time Record for Sea Turtle Nests: 21,800 and Counting
By Sunday, the 9.5-mile Juno Beach in the northern part of the county had seen 21,872 sea turtle nests, 3,000 more than last year.
The World's Largest 3D Printed Building is a Horse Barn That Can Endure Florida Hurricanes
COBOD printers have now created the world's tallest 3D-printed building, the world's fastest, and now the world's largest.
New Tallest Tree in Asia-a 335-Foot Cypress Shows There's Plenty Left in the World to Discover
Researchers at Peking University working in Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon Nature Reserve have recorded a Himalayan cypress at 335 feet tall.
Drought-Stricken Italian River Produced World-Record Catfish Caught (and Released) in May
What was just another normal day on the Po River quickly turned into a battle as Biancardi struggled against the fish.
Original Demo Tape That Landed Prince his First Record Contract at 18-Found in Attic, Now For Sale
The original 1976 demo tape that landed Prince his first record contract at 18 is being auctioned-a 1/4 inch reel-to-reel tape with 3 songs.
29-Year-old Becomes First American Woman to Race a Sailboat Solo Around the World
Captaining her 40-foot vessel First Light for months, Cole Brauer crossed three oceans and 30,000 miles to arrive at the finish line.
The Tallest Building in America May Soon Be in… Oklahoma?
The tallest building in the US may soon rise in Oklahoma City as ‘The Legends Tower', proposed for development at the Bricktown Boardwalk.
Oklahoma 13-year-old is Believed to Be the First Person Ever to Beat Tetris Game
He played for 38 minutes until level 157 when the blocks are whizzing down so fast he barely has time to think.
Explorers Become First Ever to Row 2,000 Miles of the Arctic's Northwest Passage-Led by a Texan
The final sixteen miles as the team approached Cape Bathurst on the other side of the remote Northern Territory, were the most harrowing
Meet the Man Who Has Broken 129 Guinness World Records in Just 4 Years
This 34-year-old electrical engineer has set the world record for everything from throwing a tortilla the farthest to fastest half-marathon while juggling.
34-Year-Old Athlete Just Became the First Human in the World to Finish a Marathon in Under 2 Hours
This 34-year-old athlete just became the first human in the world to finish a marathon in under two hours after he beat his previous record by 11 seconds.
Ethiopia May Have Just Shattered World Record By Planting 350 Million Tree Saplings in One Day
As a means of combatting national deforestation, Ethiopian officials say that they may have just broken the world record for most trees planted in one day.
633 Divers Just Set the World Record for Largest Ocean Cleanup After Collecting 1,600 Pounds of Trash
It took the group of divers only two hours to collect all of the trash and fishing line from the ocean floor of the Florida beach shoreline.
World's Smallest Baby, Born the Size of an Apple, Finally Leaves Hospital as Healthy 5-Pound Infant
This 5-month-old baby has defied all the odds after she was delivered at just 8.6 ounces – which is about the size of an apple.
Brothers Break Three World Records for Charity By Rowing Across Atlantic Ocean in Just 35 Days
The three Scotsmen are the first brothers to row across the Atlantic and the youngest people to ever make the 3,000-mile ocean crossing.
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