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Thai couple breaks world record for longest kiss

(NEWSER) - A male couple in Thailand spent more than two days kissing to break the Guinness World Record for longest kiss. The competition began Sunday in Pattaya, and ended, fittingly enough, today on Valentine's Day. Couples had to stay in a space measuring one square meter, could only take water and food through a straw, and had to be accompanied by a referee on bathroom breaks, the Telegraph reports. The winners, who kissed for 50 hours, took home a diamond ring worth more than $3,200 for their troubles, plus a hotel gift voucher worth twice that. This isn't the first time a male couple has broken a kissing record … More»

Bernice Bates can still get her knee to her nose

(NEWSER) - Bernice Bates is 91 years old, but she’s probably more flexible than you. She’s been practicing yoga for half a century, and now teaches it once a week at the community center of a Florida retirement village, making her the Guinness World Records’ oldest yoga teacher. In one recent class, the nonagenarian brought her knee to her nose while lying on the floor, a pose that challenges many who are decades younger. More»

One example: World’s fastest toilet takes on world’s fastest mobility scooter

(NEWSER) - It’s a question that would only be asked on Guinness World Records Day: What’s speedier, the world’s fastest toilet or the world’s fastest mobility scooter? The mobility scooter, apparently, which also took on the world’s smallest roadworthy car in today’s race in London. The scooter can hit speeds of almost 72mph, while the toilet tops out at just over 42mph. More»

Apparently, a lot of people live streamed the royal wedding

(NEWSER) - The Guinness Book of World Records is not just for regular joes who go on epic bar crawls or paddleboard rides . No, it's also for celebrities—and according to Perez Hilton , Gossip Cop , and MTV , a whole slew of them made their way in to the 2012 edition:

• Lady Gaga: Most Followers on Twitter and Most Weeks on the US Hot Digital Songs Chart
• Taylor Swift: Fastest Selling Digital Album (Female) and Most Simultaneous US Hot 100 Hits (Female)
• Justin Bieber: Most Popular Video of Any Kind Online

Nepal, China squabbling over behemoth's actual height

(NEWSER) - Mount Everest stands at a towering 29,029 feet—officially. And that number is causing quite the diplomatic fracas. China and Nepal have been arguing over the height of the mountain, which falls on the Nepal side of the Nepal-China border, and how it's measured. China believes the rock height is the one that counts, while Nepal prefers the snow height, which happens to be 13 feet taller. And so Nepal has decided to re-survey the mountain, in an effort expected to take two years, reports the BBC . More»