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Chadwick Boseman next to a tweet from Twitter

‘A tribute fit for a King’: Chadwick Boseman tweet breaks record as most-liked ever

Prior to Boseman, former President Barack Obama held the title of most-liked tweet.

On Aug 29, 2020 by Mikael Thalen

Internet Culture
Ben Ketola breaks the bowling world record for fastest perfect game.

Watch this guy bowl a perfect 300 in less than 90 seconds

Nothin' but pins.

On Apr 22, 2017 by Samantha Grasso

Internet Culture

Swiss students smash world record for fastest-accelerating electric car

A group of Swiss students set a new standard for fastest acceleration in an electric car.

On Jun 23, 2016 by John-Michael Bond

Tech

Man inserts glowstick way up his nose, sets world record

More than 50 centimeters of nostril-on-glowstick action.

On Jan 29, 2016 by Elijah Watson

Internet Culture

Australian sheep that went unsheared for 6 years produces record amount of wool

Get a haircut, hippy.

On Sep 4, 2015 by Curt Hopkins

Internet Culture

Solar Impulse 2 breaks flight record by traveling 5 days without refueling

The world's longest solo flight record has been broken by a plane that didn't even stop to refuel.

On Jul 4, 2015 by Aja Romano

Tech

There’s a new Guinness World Record for the bestselling manga in history

Luffy is now the king of... legally purchased volumes of Japan's favorite shounen manga.

On Jun 15, 2015 by Aja Romano

Internet Culture Parsec

Scientists discover ‘ghost fish’ at record-breaking depth

A new fish has been discovered in the deepest part of the ocean.

On Dec 19, 2014 by Lisa Granshaw

Internet Culture Parsec

This Dubai man owns the world’s largest Nintendo collection

Largest privately owned Nintendo collection worth over $400,000 dollars.

On Nov 28, 2014 by Imad Khan

Internet Culture Parsec

Harlem Globetrotter breaks record for longest backwards shot

All Thunder, all net. 

On Nov 14, 2014 by Ikenna Anyoku

IRL

This man’s pinkies just earned him a Guinness World Record

Finally, a guy you can count on not to break his pinky promises.

On Sep 10, 2014 by Greg Seals

Internet Culture

GoPro captures the moment a record-breaking car jump goes horribly wrong

Guerlain Chicherit feared the worst—and with good reason.

On Jun 20, 2014 by Miles Klee

Streaming

James Nielsen breaks Beer Mile world record with a sub-5 minute run

And you thought running a mile was hard.

On Apr 29, 2014 by Michelle Jaworski

Internet Culture

Watch a record-setting BASE jump from the world’s tallest building

Dubai's Burj Khalifa is a daredevil’s dream come true.

On Apr 23, 2014 by Miles Klee

IRL

Here’s what the world’s largest Tetris game looks like

Tetris fans turned a Philadelphia skyscraper into a 29-story Tetris game this weekend. 

On Apr 6, 2014 by Kate Knibbs

Streaming

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