The Guinness World Record for largest display of carved eggs was recently awarded to Chinese artist Ma Chao for the 1,040 intricately carved eggshells he’s produced. The eggs feature characters from the 1986 television series Journey To The West (adapted from Wu Cheng’en’s 16th-century novel of the same name), and
This is a video highlighting the pinball machine collection of Rob Berk, the current Guinness World Record holder for most pinball machines. The official record is 1,041, but Rob says he’s up to around 1,150 since the count. Damn! Rob has been involved in the pinball community for quite some
Because there’s a Guinness World Record for everything (especially when it comes to Rubik’s Cubes), this is a video of Singaporean Daryl Tan Hong An setting the record for most Rubik’s Cubes solved underwater in one breath, with a very respectable 14. For reference about how impressive that is, I
This is a video from woodworker Matt Thompson of the model train he built around his backyard fence with a locomotive running with a snowplow attached so it can clear the white and fluffy as it travels around the yard. That’s cool. Now, are you thinking what I’m thinking? “Does
This is a video of two elderly gentlemen proving they’ve still got it (and never didn’t have it) by demonstrating their skills with a Chinese jianzi (think a cross between a hacky sack and badminton shuttlecock), keeping it off the ground with ease using their feet, heads, and, at one
This is a video of some brave spelunkers exploring a small hole in the woods that leads directly to a 220-foot deep cave well, with some sketchy (and water-filled) passageways leading away from it at the bottom. For someone who’s claustrophobic, it was a terrible time, and I wouldn’t be
These are several videos of musician Josh Harmon recreating cartoon sound effects with his percussion instruments and other objects. You may recall Josh from the video of him recreating the sound effects from the trailer for The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom. Or you might not. Me? I
In what is arguably the best case I’ve seen made for me buying a kayak, this is a video of a group of fun-lovers speeding down an empty drainage ditch in Lion’s Bay, British Columbia and into the ocean, where they surprisingly weren’t immediately eaten by sharks. Whenever I dip