World Record of the Day

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World Record of the Day: German parallel parking enthusiast Ronny "C-Rock" Wechselberger sets a new world record by sliding into a tight spot that's 26 centimeters longer than the Volkswagen Polo he's driving.

As impressive as this is, it's apparently already been bested by a Chinese man named Zhang Hua, wh

Stop-Motion Short of the Day

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Stop-Motion Thing of the Day: Aardman, the British animation studio best known for their work on Wallace and Gromit, follows up their "world's smallest stop-motion animation" with another record-setting stop-motion promotion for the Nokia N8.

'Gulp' is a short film created by Sumo

World Record of the Day

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World Record of the Day: Intrepid blob jumpers in Cham, Switzerland, set a new Guinness-certified World Blob Jump Record with a skyscraper-esque 17-meter bounce.

Whatever you do, keep Lars away from that thing.

[devour.]

Lights Out

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Lights Out: At an H2Ocean-sponsored event hosted by Las Vegas tattoo parlor Inktoxicated Tattoos, Bill "Danger" Robinson and sideshow performer Staysha Randall teamed up to smash the world record for "Most Body Piercings in a Single Sitting."

They didn't quite make it up to 3,600 as intended,

Death By Drama of the Day

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Death By Drama of the Day
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Death By Drama of the Day: Versatile Hong Kong-based soap opera actor Law Lok-lam must have pissed off a bunch of writers by telling a bunch of soap magazines that he writes a lot of his own lines because five characters he plays on five different shows all bought the farm on the same day.

His Grace Under Fire character died in a fight; his Fate to Fate charact

12 Inches Of Beef Perfection of the Day

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12 Inches Of Beef Perfection of the Day: At $69 a pop, the white truffle-kissed, foie gras-coated "Serendipity Foot Long Haute Dog" is the world's most expensive hot dog.

I think I'll stick with Hebrew National, thank you very much.

[guyism.]

Preteen Wolfette of the Day

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Preteen Wolfette of the Day: Supatra Sasuphan, an 11-year-old from Bangkok, has been named World's Hairiest Girl by Guinness World Record -- much to her delight.

"I'm very happy to be in the Guinness World Records! A lot of people have to do a lot to get in," she is quoted as saying. "All I did was answer a few questions and then they gave it to me."

Sasuphan says that, thanks to her new-found title, she is now extremely popular at school.

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