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  • June 2008

    • New Firefox Browser Enjoys Massive Downloads

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 19, 08 6:39 PM CDT

      New Firefox Browser Enjoys Massive Downloads

      The new Mozilla browser Firefox 3 was downloaded more than 8 million times in its first day of availability, a figure that may spark a Guinness title if the record keepers certify that new category. At its peak, the Firefox site was giving away 17,000 copies of the free software per minute, the AP reports. More »

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      Firefox  • web browser  • Internet Explorer  • Guinness Book of World Records

    • 36MMM Implants Bust Record

      newser  |  TMZ  |  Jun 6, 08 1:25 PM CDT

      36MMM Implants Bust Record

      Porn star Maxi Mounds' 36MMM breast implants are the largest in the world, TMZ reports. Guinness World Records created the category for Mounds and her 40-pound knockers, according to London's Metro. The ex-dancer—ballet and lap—had a procedure involving plastic string in 2000 that has since been banned in the US. More »

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      plastic surgery  • weird  • breast implants  • Guinness Book of World Records  • breasts

  • May 2008

    • Records Float Away for Hapless Skydiver

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 28, 08 2:38 AM CDT

      Records Float Away for Hapless Skydiver

      The third time was not a charm for a retired French army officer-turned-daredevil who  hoped yesterday to parachute to earth from the edge of outer space. Michel Fournier's latest attempt to ride a balloon 25 miles up before his death-defying, 15-minute leap—a feat which would have smashed several records—ended with a whimper when his balloon floated away without him, the New York Times reports. More »

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      hot air balloon  • Guinness Book of World Records  • skydiving

  • April 2008

    • David Blaine Breaks Breath-Holding Record

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 30, 08 12:11 PM CDT

      David Blaine Breaks Breath-Holding Record

      David Blaine broke the world record for holding one’s breath today when he was submerged for 17 minutes and 4 seconds during a taping of Oprah. The endurance artist looked relaxed emerging from a water-filled sphere, the AP reports. Blaine had undergone simulated altitude training and pure oxygen treatment to prepare for the feat. The previous record was 16 minutes, 32 seconds. More »

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      celebrity  • Oprah Winfrey  • Guinness Book of World Records  • magic  • magician  • breath  • David Blaine

  • March 2008

    • Fall Out Boy Misses Historic Gig

      newser  |  NME  |  Mar 27, 08 6:04 PM CDT

      Fall Out Boy Misses Historic Gig

      MTV faves Fall Out Boy won’t be taking its place alongside champion hand-walkers and fingernail-growers in the Guinness Book of World Records, NME reports: Nasty weather has kept the band from traveling to Antarctica, where it was to become the first group to have played on all seven continents. Said bassist Pete Wentz, “It’s an utter f---ing disappointment." More »

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      music  • weather  • Antarctica  • Pete Wentz  • Guinness Book of World Records  • Fall Out Boy

  • August 2007
  • July 2007

    • Tallest, Shortest Men Cross Paths

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jul 14, 07 8:51 AM CDT

      Tallest, Shortest Men Cross Paths

      Honeymooning giant Bao Xishun made time yesterday to make history. Bao, the tallest man in the world, shook hands with a fellow Inner Mongolian who's seeking certification as the world's shortest man. Bao, a 7-foot-9 livestock herder who married a 5-foot-6 woman on Thursday, grinned as he was introduced to 2-foot-4 He Pingping. More »

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      Guinness Book of World Records  • Bao Xishun

  • June 2007

    • Teen Performs C-Section in Bid for Record

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 21, 07 2:21 PM CDT

      Teen Performs C-Section in Bid for Record

      A 15-year-old in southern India performed a Cesarean section so he could make the Guinness Book of Records as the world's youngest surgeon, the BBC reports. The boy's parents, both doctors, supervised and videotaped the operation on a 20-year-old patient. They later claimed he'd only assisted in the birth. More »

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      India  • doctor  • teenagers  • surgery  • record  • Guinness Book of World Records

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