Topic: Guinness World Records Ltd.
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Pi Day: five fun facts about 3.14
March 14, or 3.14, is Pi Day. Get it? Pi Day celebrates all things related to the mathematical constant that measures the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Here are five things you should know about π.
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Whitney Houston: Her Grammy wins
The singer dominated album sales and received many award nominations during her heyday – here are the songs and albums that got her Grammy Awards.
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Bestselling books the week of 1/5/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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In Pictures: Fathers around the world
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World's tallest tower is now in Tokyo
World's tallest tower: The Skytree tower opened Tuesday in Tokyo. At 2,080-feet, the Skytree now surpasses the Canton Tower in China.
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Surfer catches 'biggest wave ever' off Portugal (+video)
The Guinness World Records recognizes Hawaii pro surfer for the biggest wave ever ridden. Garrett McNamara surfed a 78-foot wave off the coast of Portugal.
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Paragliding grandma defies gravity and age
At 101, great, great grandmother May Hardison of Utah, celebrated a new world record Tuesday: the 'Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem.'
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Pi Day: five fun facts about 3.14
March 14, or 3.14, is Pi Day. Get it? Pi Day celebrates all things related to the mathematical constant that measures the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Here are five things you should know about π.
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Whitney Houston: Her Grammy wins
The singer dominated album sales and received many award nominations during her heyday – here are the songs and albums that got her Grammy Awards.
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Why you should care about Lake Vostok
If scientists find life in Antarctica's Lake Vostok, an ancient freshwater body locked beneath two miles of ice, it will greatly boost hopes of the existence of life on other worlds.
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Laura Dekker close to completion of solo round-the-world sail
Laura Dekker set sail on her own back in 2010. Now on the final leg of her journey, Laura Dekker is scheduled to finish on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten.
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Bestselling books the week of 1/5/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Regis Philbin making exit from US morning TV
Regis Philbin is in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most time on the air by a television personality. He's been on more than 17,000 hours.
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$1 million coin: Too big to pocket. Too heavy to lift. [Video]
$1 million coin from Australia is bigger than a manhole cover and weighs a ton. So what will Australia do with a $1 million coin?
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Bahrain government fires hundreds of employees for political views
More than 100 government employees have been dismissed in recent weeks, joining 2,500 workers – nearly all Shiites – who have been fired since Bahrain's pro-democracy uprising.
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Why Pierre de Fermat is the patron saint of unfinished business
In 1637, French mathematician Pierre de Fermat jotted a cryptic conjecture in the margins of a textbook. On Fermat's birthday Google celebrates Fermat's Last Theorem, which managed to drive mathematicians bonkers for the next four centuries.
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Longest bridge over water opens in China
Longest bridge over water: The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 26 miles long and links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to the island of Huangdao.
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In Pictures: Fathers around the world
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How large can lobsters grow? Big! But no one knows how big.
Lobsters can grow to be four feet long, 40 pounds, and maybe 100 years old – maybe even more.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 06/02
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20 of the smartest nonfiction titles for summer reading
Some of this summer's best books will introduce you to Machu Picchu, hippie physicists, Parisian walks, and a serial imposter. And that’s just the nonfiction.
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British cat wins Guinness record for loudest purr
With a purr whose volume has been likened to that of a vacuum cleaner, Smokey the Cat, a tabby from England's East Midlands, has been recognized by Guinness World Records in its 'Loudest Purr by a Domestic Cat' category.
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'Flying' submarine: Richard Branson shifts sights from outer space to deep sea
'Flying' submarine? British tycoon Richard Branson on Tuesday unveiled the one-man Virgin Oceanic Sub, which is capable of diving seven miles underwater to the deepest points in the ocean.
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Kinect: The fast-selling gadget in the world
Kinect is the new title-holder for fastest-selling consumer electronics device in the world, the team at Guinness Book of World Records confirmed today.
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Charlie Sheen on Twitter: How much more damage can he do?
The idea of the outspoken and off-kilter Charlie Sheen going onto Twitter suggests a public-relations apocalypse. But some media experts say it's a perfect match.
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Longest kiss record broken in Thailand kissathon
Longest kiss record: In a Valentine's Day contest, several couples broke the previously held longest kiss record, but after 46 hours, only one couple remained. For setting a new longest kiss record the couple won a diamond ring and over $3,000 in prize money.
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