Thursday: April 15, 2010
- Entire Twitter archive to be included in Library of Congress digital assets collection.
The addition of Twitter into the organization's offerings could foster an enormous amount of academic research. From a new kind of historical record to an unprecedented opportunity for discovering patterns of social interaction, this is big.
Tuesday: March 30, 2010
- New world record for largest group of water skiers claimed over in Australia.
It took a group of 114 water skiers to break the previous record of 100 water skiers all of which were towed by a single boat for the distance of one nautical mile. Apparently the group in question had been trying to break the previous record for quite some time. Congrats.
Tuesday: March 23, 2010
- Ten things that the iPod generation will unfortunately never experience.
Ah, the lost and forgotten art of the classic mix tape, the effect just doesn't seem to be the same with a burned CD or a USB stick. Also, high speed dubbing added a fun factor of plus one to the overall experience.
Wednesday: February 3, 2010
- 88,000 students team up to try and break world record for jumping rope.
Organizers say more than 88,000 people participated at more than 500 schools. That would easily beat the current record of 59,000 jump ropers set in Australia. The results still have to be certified by the Guinness people.
Wednesday: December 30, 2009
- Paper airplane manages to set brand new flight record over in Japan.
If you can make a paper airplane capable of staying in flight for more than twenty-six seconds (using just one sheet of paper and nothing else) alert your local news station because you've just broken a record.
Tuesday: December 29, 2009
- Avatar flick still doing pretty well for James Cameron and company.
The film has raked in a whopping $232 billion thus far. Source website seems to think that Avatar is well on it's way to reaching the likes of Star Wars ($460.9 million) and maybe even Cameron's own Titantic ($1.8 billion). Not sure how you can equate $232 million to $1.8 billion that quickly though.
Tuesday: November 3, 2009
- New Hampshire is now home to the world's largest meatball.
Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, said Sunday that a 222.5-pound meatball was authenticated as the world's largest after being weighed by state weights and measures officials.
Wednesday: October 21, 2009
- New Zealand stockbroker manages to tap his way into the record books.
The gentleman in question can tap 1,056 times a minute which is about seventeen taps a second on average. However, he can beat that average easily and is able to tap a whopping twenty-three times per second.
Thursday: October 8, 2009
- Have a peek at the world's largest pumpkin.
At one point in August, the massive pumpkin was growing 33 pounds a day, Christy told Fox News. She kept it going by plying the soil with a mix of compost, coffee grounds and cow manure, though seeds with good genetics are also key.
Tuesday: September 29, 2009
- World record for most people doing 'the robot' in unison broken over in Australia.
After the first official attempt failed - some who signed up had turned into wallflowers - they broke the record on the second attempt.
Monday: September 21, 2009
- World record for longest handshake now stands at twelve hours.
That's a lot of handshaking and somehow Hulk Hogan managed to get involved with this as well. WATCHA GONNA DO WHEN THE HANDSHAKE RUNS WILD ON YOU? Believe it, brother.
Friday: September 18, 2009
- Our oceans make a record for themselves in terms of warmest temperatures.
Climate change has been raising the planet's average temperature steadily in recent decades. All of the 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 1997.
Monday: September 14, 2009
- World record for Pac-Man recently broken by Ohio resident.
To nail a perfect Pac-Man score, a player must 'eat every dot, bonus prize and blue ghost across all 256 levels.' At that point, a glitch in the original game code results in an unplayable stage, effectively ending the experience with a score of 3,333,360.
Thursday: August 20, 2009
- Grants handed out to tune of $1.2 billion for digital health record development.
$598 million to set up some 70 health information technology centers to help healthcare institutions acquire electronic health record systems and $564 million to develop a nationwide system of health information networks
- A list of concerts with highest numbers for record attendance just for you.
3.5 million people in one place? Way to go, Rod Stewart.
Monday: August 3, 2009
- Participants of scream contest fail to shatter current world record.
The record for loudest scream by a human being still stands at a whopping 129 decibels.
Tuesday: July 28, 2009
- World's largest cave just recently discovered over in Vietnam.
Cave measures in at about 262 feet in height and width. See that little spec in the thumbnail? That's a person.
Tuesday: July 14, 2009
- 582 drummers manage to play their way into the records book.
Insert your collective drummer jokes here.
Friday: July 10, 2009
- Skinny-dippers looking to break world record.
Clark Griswold approves of this.
Thursday: July 9, 2009
- Have a peek at the world's fastest remote-controlled car.
...and building your own will only set you back about four grand.
Monday: July 6, 2009
- Record for largest air guitar ensemble broken in New York City.
A representative from Guinness World Records counted 810 air guitarists after Wednesday's matinee performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. That beats the previous world record of 440 people.
Thursday: July 2, 2009
- Michael Jackson first artist sell one million downloads in a single week.
The late King of Pop gets into the digital record books.
- Digitizing health records may ultimately save billions of dollars.
Analysts say an estimated $700 billion a year is wasted on unnecessary tests and mistakes that a computerized system could help avoid. Still, hospitals had been reluctant to change due to the up front costs. But industry professionals say the stimulus plan incentives are motivational factors.
