World's Tallest Lego Christmas Tree in London

A giant Lego Christmas tree has been unveiled at London's St Pancras station, the tallest tree ever built with the toy bricks, Lego has confirmed that its the worlds tallest tree ever constructed using just Lego alone.

Spanning 10-meters tall, the project utilizes 600,000 Lego bricks to compose 172 branches. 1200 Christmas balls, also composed of LEGOs, were assembled by Elementary School children before being hung from the sculpture.

After two months of arduous construction, the tree is now on display in the main station at St. Pancras.














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Midnight Rider: The World’s Biggest and Heaviest Limousine

The 25-ton, 70 foot long Midnight Rider is the world's heaviest limousine, according the the Guinness Book of World Records. Technically a "Tractor-Trailer Limousine," it was built between 1997 and 2004.

The owners of “The Midnight Rider” built it in order to recreate the possibility of relaxed, long-distance, luxury travel that used to be available via railroad. It has been classified as a one of a kind “Tractor-Trailer Limousine” with its 1870’s Presidential Pullman Car décor. It’s 70 feet long, 14 feet tall and holds up to 40 passengers. There are 3 separate lounges, a full-sized bar, and of course a bathroom.

The World’s Most Expensive Photograph

A seemingly ordinary snapshot broke the record for world’s most expensive photograph, at a Christie’s auction Tuesday night. Andreas Gursky “Rhein II” fetched $4.3 million, smashing the previous record set by Cindy Sherman's "Untitled #96" which brought in $3.89 million last May.


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Surfer Breaks the World Record Riding a 90-Foot Wave

US surfer Garrett McNamara made history by breaking the world record for largest wave ever surfed in Portugal. McNamara successfully surfed on a monstrous 90-foot wave (27 meters) in Praia do Norte off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal. The previous biggest wave record, 77 feet, was set by another surfing legend – Mike Parsons in 2008.

The World’s Longest Headed Goal by Ryujiro Ueda

Ryujiro Ueda of Fagiano Okayama set a new World Record for the longest header goal in a match against Yokohama FC. The defender Ryujiro Ueda hit an incredible header from 58.6 meters towards the Yokohama FC goal in the 69th minutes at Mitsuzawa Stadium, Japan. Just watch that impressive and incredible effort by Ryujiro Ueda.

Giant Spider Is World's Largest Balloon Sculpture

Adam Lee just broke the Guinness World Record for “Largest Balloon Sculpture” with this giant, Halloween-themed spider! Using almost 3,000 balloons, Lee created this 45 feet 2 inches wide by 22 feet 2 inches long sculpture all by himself! The spider is made entirely out of balloons and has no support or glue. It's currently on display at Great Wolf Lodge Lobby in Grand Mound, Washington and will be there until the end of the month.

Retired Policeman Catches Record Breaking Halibut in Norway

A retired policeman landed this huge halibut fish weighing a whopping 540 pounds to claim a world record. Super-fit Reinhard Wuhrmann, 62, fought with the monster for three hours before he and three fishermen colleagues finally netted it.

The super flat fish was so big that at one point German Reinhard's rod snapped in two. The men were only able to haul it onto their boat after tying a rope around it when it came alongside. The 8ft 3ins Atlantic halibut smashed the previous world record by an impressive 58lbs.






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The World's Largest Lightsaber Fight

Star Wars fans from all over the East Coast crossed lightsabers at New York City's Washington Square Park for what might be the world's largest lightsaber battle.

Newmindspace invited Jedi and Sith from all over to meet up at the NYC park, asking only that each participant choose either Jedi or Sith, and arranged a massive fight. They provided sabers to anyone who showed up unequipped.

The group expected 500 fans to show up, but that number quickly doubled by the time of the showdown. The Sith took one side, the Jedi another, and then they charged. The end result looks like nothing so much as a mid-1990s rave, complete with a slew of glowsticks. Check out a few of the images and video.
















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Guinness World Records 2012

The biggest, fastest, longest, weirdest and wackiest record breakers from the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records.

Longest tongue (female): Chanel Tapper (USA, below left) has a tongue that measured 9.75 cm.


Longest fingernails on a pair of hands Chris “The Dutchess” Walton (USA) 309.8 cm (10 ft 2 in) for her left hand and 292.1 cm (9 ft 7 in) for her right a total of 601.9 cm (19 ft 9 in).


Largest afro Aevin Dugas (USA) is the proud owner of a record-breaking afro of 1.32 m (4 ft 4 in).


Harbor has the longest ears of any living dog, with measurements of 12.25 inches for the left ear and 13.5 inches for the right.


Mymains Stewart Gilligan (aka Stewie) is the world’s longest domestic cat 123 cm (48.5 in) long.


Big Mama’s and Papa’s Pizzeria in Los Angeles, California, USA, is an enormous 1.37 m wide (4 ft 6 in) square pizza.


Largest collection of Daleks.


Largest collection of ‘Do Not Disturb’ signs.


Denise Tubangui (USA) had a collection of 2,429 cow-related items.


The world’s largest violin, which is 4.28 meters tall, 1.45 meters wide, and weighs over 100 kilograms, was made by twelve luthiers in Markneukirchen, Germany.


The longest journey by skateboard was 12,159 km (7,555 miles).


Youngest person to climb the Seven Summits including Carstensz.


The fastest unconfirmed hike to the North Pole by a female is 48 days 22 hr and was achieved by Cecilie Skog (Norway).


Pekingese called Puggy was exposed to have the longest tongue measuring 4.5 inches (11.43 cm) long.


Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis, characterised by excessive facial and torso hair.


The world’s longest hair belongs to Xie Qiuping (China) at 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in).


Marinelli bend is 50 seconds and was achieved by Iona Oyungerel Luvsandorj (Mongolia).


The most balloons puffed up by the nose in 3 minutes.


The tallest man living is Sultan Kösen who measured 246.5 cm (8 ft 1 in).


Dr David R. Adamovich threw 102 14” throwing knives around his partner.


A 24-ft (7.3-m) reticulated python called Fluffy longest living snake.


Most dogs skipping on the same rope - 13 of them at the same time.


Birgit Berends had amassed a collection of 11,062 different penguin-related items as of March 14, 2011.


The most pierced man, Rolf Buchholz from Dortmund, Germany has 453 studs and rings all over his body.


The Guinness World Records 2012 Edition is available from the 15th of September.