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RecordSetter Picks Their 15 Best and Craziest World Records of 2011 [VIDEOS]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:03:43 +0000

Thanks to the website RecordSetter, which allows folks to invent a world record in anything, many a wacky record was set and/or broken in 2011.

Some of our favorite RecordSetter marks this year include the record for two girls slapping each other with pizza, the record for most time spent simultaneously juggling, eating and balancing on “rola bola” and the man who set a world record for most quarters shoved up his nose.

Woman's Clown Obsession Becomes Guinness World Record [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:52:01 +0000

Ortrud from Germany has the world’s largest collection of clown-related items totaling 2,053, a hobby that’s made her a Guinness title holder and perhaps one of he creepiest people ever. Her collecting was inspired by a “jigsaw” of a clown she made during her alcoholism treatment 15 years ago. Now, the German woman has moved [...]

Michelle Obama Sets Jumping Jacks World Record With a Mob of Kids [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:46:30 +0000

As part of her noble initiative to fight childhood obesity, first lady Michelle Obama gathered 450 kids on the White House’s South Lawn on Tuesday in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period.

Yes, there’s a record for that.

Conan O'Brien Reveals the World's Actual Longest Cat [VIDEO]

Bob Sassone — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:06:30 +0000

Recently we uncovered video footage of what the Guinness Book of World Records says is the longest cat in the world. She’s 48 and a half inches long and belongs to a couple in the US.

But last night on ’Conan,’ Conan O’Brien disputed the couples’s claim and showed viewers the actual longest cat in the world.