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Peru claims to have the world's oldest people
Peru's Andean Mountains may hold the secret to longevity and the world's oldest people if new claims by government officials about a 124-year-old man born in 1900 prove…
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The world's oldest man passed away at the age of 114
Mr. Juan Vicente Perez Mora, a Venezuelan, passed away on April 3, just 4 weeks before his 115th birthday.
Biology
Giant blueberry breaks Guinness World Record
A giant blueberry weighing up to 20.4 grams grown in Australia was officially recorded in the Guinness Book of Records this week.
Scientific application
Hong Kong students build the world's smallest humanoid robot
A group of Hong Kong students built a 14.1 cm tall humanoid robot that can walk on two legs and move its arms, shoulders, hips, and knees.
Animal world
The flying salamanders that live on top of the tallest tree in the world
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this giant redwood tree called Hyperion is the tallest tree in the world.
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The Nepalese boy received the title of the world's shortest young man with a height of 73.43cm
The Guinness World Records organization has just awarded the title of shortest young man to Dor Bahadur Khapangi - an 18-year-old boy who is only 73.43 cm tall.
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Venezuela sets Guinness record for longest chocolate chain in the world
Guinness has certified the record by 4,289 chocolate bars lined up in a row with a total length of 854m on Nueva Jerusalén avenue in the center of Caripito (Venezuela).
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The man with the longest tongue in the world, curved through the roof of his mouth into the nasal cavity
The robotics student is currently practicing touching his eyelids with his tongue, a feat he feels will greatly improve his chances of getting his name into the Guinness…
Animal world
The oldest 190-year-old giant tortoise on the planet is still trying to pair up
Jonathan lives on the island of St. Helena is the oldest recorded by the Guinness World Records. Despite its advanced age, its eyes are blind, but it still tries to pair…
Health
Technology helps diagnose genetic diseases in hours
The new ultra-fast technique set a Guinness World Record for sequencing the genome and diagnosing genetic diseases in just a few hours.
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The girl's name contains 1,019 characters, the birth certificate is more than half a meter long
The girl from Texas, USA set a world record with a name with up to 1,019 characters, the longest name in the world.
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What was the 'world's longest' rail journey from Europe to Vietnam like?
It is possible to travel through many countries around the world by rail.
Biology
The man who set a Guinness record for creating a tree with 10 types of fruit
It is a very special tree created by a gardener in Victoria, Australia with 10 different types of fruit and is recorded as the tree with the most fruit in the world.
New technology
BMW electric flying suit sets world record
Skydiver Peter Salzmann won a Guinness World Record for completing the first flight in an electric flight suit.
Biology
Discovering a 10-storey honeycomb as big as a house, the villagers took it down to register a Guinness record
If you think that a honeycomb is only as big as a hand, you are wrong, this super hive must use an industrial crane to remove it.