World records: there’s one for everything. Even the number of empty cans stuck to your face with suction. How do I know those cans are regulation?! The newest record of 9 cans was set by 31-year old Shunichi Kanno, who beat Jamie “Canhead” Keeton’s previous record of 8. Wow, only
This is a video of the world’s largest LED sphere (and largest spherical building, period) being tested in Las Vegas. The MSG Sphere at The Venetian Las Vegas Resort measures 366 feet tall and 516 feet at its widest, and is covered with 580,000 square feet of programmable LED lighting.
The appropriately named Train Mountain in Oregon is the proud operator of the world’s longest model railroad in the world. The railway consists of over 37 miles of track, which accommodates a 1/8th scale electric train with repurposed car seats so you can don your engineer’s hat and greasy overalls
Constructed over the course of four days by 18 steady-handed builders, this is a video of the world’s largest Kapla plank tower being destroyed (Kapla planks are like long dominoes made from pine). The tower measured a very respectable 82-feet tall, and took over 100,000 planks to construct. Wow! The
This is a video of the 1,002 drone light show performed by Sky Elements Drones of Fort Worth, Texas for the 4th of July, featuring American and Texan imagery. The show was definitely impressive, but the way the video was shot was equally impressive. During the performance, the Guinness World
This is a video of Rubik’s Cuber (Cubist?) Max Park beating the previous Rubik’s Cube speed solving record of 3.47 seconds (which stood for 4.5 years) with a blistering 3.13 second finish. For reference, the Rubik’s Cube I’ve had since I was 7 remains unsolved, so my personal best, which
17 months of design and experimentation in the making, this is a video of Youtuber Think Flight setting the world record for largest rubber band powered airplane, with a 16-foot wingspan flying machine. That’s cool, all my rubber band airplanes always ended up on the roof and me crying about
This is a video of crazy person Laso Schaller setting world records for both the Highest Dive from a High Diving Board and Highest Cliff Jump by leaping from a platform built on a cliff in Maggia, Ticino, Switzerland in 2015 while a group of spectators watch (the tiny ants