Henning Pedersen and students at the University of Oslo built a giant drone which has entered the Guinness World Record after lifting an incredible weight of 61 kg (134 lb 7.6 oz, excluding the weight of the craft itself) when it was officially tested at the Oslo Science Park, Oslo, Norway. Watch the video below.
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Man Sets World Record for the Fastest 100m on Forearm Crutches
Tameru Zegeye, 32, has set the Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 meters in 57 seconds in a handstand position on forearm crutches. Tameru was born with deformed feet and unable to use his legs, but has made an art out of using his crutches. Needless to say, Zegeye is very proud of all he has… Continue reading Man Sets World Record for the Fastest 100m on Forearm Crutches
7-year-old Sets New Limbo Skating World Record
Seven-year-old Tiluck Keisam from Manipur, India has set a new world record for the furthest distance limbo skating under bars at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi, India. The hyper-flexible youngster skated 116 meters in 31.87 seconds on December 20, 2015, smashing the previous record of 50 meters. And to keep things challenging,… Continue reading 7-year-old Sets New Limbo Skating World Record
The Mountain Breaks the World Keg Toss Record
Actor Hafþór JĂşlĂus “Thor” Björnsson aka ‘The Mountain’ smashes the world keg toss record at the World’s Strongest Man qualifying event in Sweden. The Game of Thrones star threw the 15kg (33lbs) keg 7.05 meters (24 feet 6 inches), comfortably taking first place in the competition. Watch the video below.
SPECTRE Breaks World Record for Largest Movie Explosion
SPECTRE has been awarded a Guinness World Records title for the Largest Film Stunt Explosion. Producer Barbara Broccoli, Daniel Craig and LĂ©a Seydoux, accepted the record certificate in Beijing, China on behalf of winner Chris Corbould, who served as Special Effects and Miniature Effects Supervisor on SPECTRE. The incredible explosion was filmed on June 29,… Continue reading SPECTRE Breaks World Record for Largest Movie Explosion
Astronomers Unveil a 46-Gigapixel Image of Space
Astronomers at Germany’s Ruhr-Universität Bochum have created the largest astronomical image of space to date. The image is composted from some 268 individual shots captured over the past five years and spans a staggering 46 billion pixels, or 46 gigapixels. That’s 855,000 by 54,000 pixels. The university has created an online viewer to explore the… Continue reading Astronomers Unveil a 46-Gigapixel Image of Space
World’s Largest Projected Image in Moscow
The largest projected image has a total surface area of 19,099.3 m² (205,582.33 ft²) and was achieved by the Moscow International Festival ‘Circle of Light’ on 4 October 2015. The gigantic video projection was screened on the Ministry of Defence building in Moscow, Russia and was approved by Guinness World Record for the largest projected image in the… Continue reading World’s Largest Projected Image in Moscow
World’s Fastest Nose Typer
The fastest time to type a prescribed 103 character text on a keyboard using the nose is 46.30 seconds, and was achieved by Vinod Kumar Chaudhary in New Delhi, Delhi, India on 22 December 2014. The sentence that Vinod typed was “Guinness world records have challenged me to type this sentence using my nose in… Continue reading World’s Fastest Nose Typer