What’s a college for, exactly, without some crazy shenanigans? On April 2, 2009, Rutgers University broke the Guinness World Record for Largest Gathering of people dressed as Waldo. A total of 1,052 Waldos showed, nearly doubling the previous record. All participants were asked to bring a children’s book to donate and a total of 3,186 [...]
September 19, 2009
SOFIA, BULGARIA - The draw of the same six winning numbers twice in a row in Bulgaria’s national lottery was a freak coincidence, officials said Thursday. Sports Minister Svilen Neikov ordered an investigation after the numbers 4, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 42 were selected, in a different order, by a machine live on television [...]
September 18, 2009
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — If you could combine a miniature HumVee with a pogo stick, you might get the Precision Urban Hopper, a military vehicle that can roll over bumpy terrain and, in the blink of an eye, spring vertically over obstacles as tall as 25 feet. The shoebox-sized, GPS-guided, unmanned robot was developed by the [...]
September 18, 2009
A small village in India has been depending on their deity for crime prevention measures and thus, has so far avoided using doors, windows or even locks. Such is their faith in Shri Shanidev (Hindu God of Saturn), that they unofficially ban people from having normal safety mechanisms like latches, windows, and doors. The people [...]
September 7, 2009
MEXICO CITY — The fact that 12,937 people donning black fedoras, white gloves, and aviator sunglasses danced all at the same time to the late Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on what would have been his 51st birthday tops my “weird” for today. And even more bizarre, there is already a Guinness record (albeit only 242 wannabes [...]
September 6, 2009
CHENNAI, India – If you show up drunk to a chess tournament, you’re apparently good for only about 11 moves, even though you may otherwise be a good player. The Hindustan Times newspaper reported French Grandmaster Vladislav Tkachiev was so intoxicated he had difficulty sitting in his chair, and soon passed out with his head [...]
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