Another day, another record in humanity's neverending quest to redefine the outer limits of achievement - no mater how strange and pointless that achievement might be.
Tea-Sipping Loop-the-Loop Record
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What's more fun than flying a loop-the-loop? Sipping tea whilst doing it. RAF serviceman Stewart Hefti did 14 loops to help raise money for the RAF Association's 2009 'Brew for the Few' fund-raising campaign.
Largest Moving Box
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Contestants hunt for the Key to $100,000 during ION Television's attempt to break the world record for the Largest Moving Box at Military Island, Times Square on September 3, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
World's Longest Poem
Next time someone asks you why you bother to Twitter, tell them you're creating art. A computer has strung together random Twitter updates with other random updates that rhyme, creating the world's longest poem, according to The Telegraph.World's Largest Cupcake
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Are most cupcakes too small for you? Not this 1,224-pound monster. See the world's biggest cupcake up close. Just don't drool on your screen.
'Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild, Wild Women'
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Henry Allingham, the oldest living man, didn't take a conventional course on the way to his 113th birthday.
107 Hula Hoops
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History is made under a St. Louis big top, as a woman shakes 107 Hula Hoops on her incredible hips.
186 lb. Burger
Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar/Southgate Michigan
Hungry? Got $2,000? A bar in Michigan can cook up the snack of a lifetime.
Holly Madison Leads Bikini Parade
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The Las Vegas Strip has seen some crazy parties, and this event rivals any of them.
World's Most Tattooed Senior Lady
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Isobel Varley has spent $40,00 on a head-to-toe makeover.
Hamster-Sized Pup
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At six inches long, Tom Thumb is no longer than a hamster. But this chihuahua-Jack Russell mix is just a hair away from setting the record as the smallest pup on the planet.
