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What Do You Know About Guinness's Record-Setting Animals?

PetSugar — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:43 -0800

A cute Great Dane named Titan recently captured the Guinness World Record as the world's tallest (living) pooch! His record breaking last week made me think about all those other animals currently topping the charts for age, size and more. Test yourself on some bizarre newsmakers and start this extreme animal quiz!

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From snout to tail-fin, how long is the world's longest goldfish?

The Scoop: Titan Named the World's Tallest Living Dog

PetSugar — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:30:09 -0800

You don't need to remember this Titan since he's still alive. As the only animal honored in the 30 Guinness records announced on Nov. 12, this pooch really measures up! The 4-year-old dog is blind, deaf, and epileptic but measures in at a whopping 3 1/2 feet tall from floor to shoulder, taller than even Gibson, the previous record holder who died back in August.

Rescued from the Middle Tennessee Great Dane Rescue as a puppy, he could see out of one eye when younger before going totally blind but remains calm and friendly towards all friends, human and furry. Due to his height, he undergoes acupuncture and chiropractic adjustments every three weeks and, if he could safely stand on his hind legs, he'd probably top 80 inches ear to toe - wowza! Check out his official website and see a selection of his puppy pics below.

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Source: TITAN & Friends and Source: Guinness World Records

Nonni's Makes It Rain Meatballs With New World Record

YumSugar — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:05:14 -0800

When I saw the trailer for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, I wondered: what could be better than living in an alternate universe where it rains meatballs? Well, I think I've found my answer.

It's a 222.5-pound meatball that emerged over the weekend, blowing all other past meatball records out of the water. The gargantuan ground beef spectacle, which was created by Matthew Mitnitsky of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, NH, was confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records to be the (new) record holder of the world's largest meatball, beating out a recent 198.6-pound feat created on Jimmy Kimmel.

The best part? The now-famous meatball was broken down into manageable portions, then packaged and delivered to local shelters. What do you think? Delicious or disgusting?

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World's Largest Burger Among New Record-Setting Foods

YumSugar — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:00:43 -0700

It's a tale that'll go down in burger history. At an event this week in London, Guinness World Records revealed a host of new record breakers, among them a 185-pound, $499 whopper of a hamburger, which is officially the world's largest. The record belongs to Mallie's Sports Grill and Bar in Southgate, MI. Owner Steve Mallie, who said the bun must be baked for eight hours and the burger for 15 hours, remarked, "Being in the book is the greatest accomplishment we've ever done. I've worked my entire life to build this restaurant and being able to have the notoriety of Guinness makes it just that bit more rewarding."It seems, in today's world, that everything bigger is better. This week alone, Westhoughton, UK, garnered attention for serving the world's most massive English breakfast (10 sausages,10 rashers of bacon, 10 slices of toast, 10 eggs, fives slices of black pudding, and tomatoes, mushrooms, and black beans); Sacramento, CA, made headlines for a 42-foot-long, 1,200-pound tamale; and Valencians in Spain managed to assemble the world's longest restaurant table. At this rate, the next record will need to be for the world's most capable scale. Are these feats, like the Mallie's burger, legendary stuff, or simply gross?

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Spain Scores Record For World's Longest Restaurant Table

YumSugar — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:30:17 -0700

Perhaps the world's lengthiest dosa has finally found its place at table.

Over the weekend, a dining table measuring 1.258 kilometers, or more than three quarters of a mile, entered the Guinness World Records. The front-page furniture hailed from the Valencian town of El Campello in Spain.

The feat was made up of tables from at least 60 various local restaurants. Restaurants that contributed space were allowed to decorate, wait on, and serve diners at these tables to their liking. Despite the fact that the record-setting structure beat out an 2007 record held by a restaurant in Vienna, Austria, that was 1.176 kilometers long, every single seat at at the table was occupied. Do you enjoy dining at long tables?

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Real or Fake: World Records Made in Mexico This Year

TresSugar — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:00:00 -0700

Last month, thousands of Mexicans, including impersonator "Hector Jackson," performed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" dance with hopes of breaking the world record. While the success of the wannabe zombies is still under review by the Guinness Book of World Records, Mexico has already officially captured many records this year. The New York Times dedicated some reporting resources this week to the topic. It seems Mexicans take the Guinness Book of World Records very seriously, and the Times is happy to cover all their efforts. Before you go read the piece (linked at the end of this quiz), see if you can spot the real records made in Mexico from the fakes.

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RIP, Chanel: The World's Oldest Dog Passes Away

PetSugar — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:45:09 -0700

I've got some more sad news to announce: People Pets is reporting that the world's oldest pooch passed away on Aug. 28. The Wirehaired Dachshund named Chanel celebrated her 21st birthday - 147 in dog years! - back on May 6.

Although she suffered from cataracts, and had her eyes protected by those awesome Doggles, she was otherwise in good health and had plenty of pep according to her owners Karl and Denice Shaughnessy of Port Jefferson Station, NY. This pooch will surely be missed so check out a video from her big birthday bash earlier this year below!

India Chain Claims to Be Home to Longest Ever Dosa

YumSugar — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:00:07 -0700

To be filed right next to New Delhi's record for the world's largest biryani: Sankalp, a restaurant chain based in the city of Ahmedabad, India, claims to have made the world's longest dosa.

The mammoth dosa - a crepelike South Indian specialty made from rice and black lentils - was created last Wednesday and measured in at 32 feet and 5 inches long, taking less than 40 minutes to put together. To make the behemoth, a team of 16 chefs practiced for 10 days, working to achieve the correct length by maintaining a steady temperature across the entire dosa, while handling a tawa, or hot plate, that was 35 feet long. The finished product was named "Quick Gun Murungun," the title of an upcoming movie that discusses the merits of being vegetarian.

As a lover of all things South Indian, especially dosas, this leaves me with only two questions: Was the dosa filled? And do they still need someone to eat it? What do you think of the record? Have you ever tried a dosa?

Grab Your Guinness. . . Book of Gaming Records That Is

GeekSugar — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:45:54 -0700

Can you spout off gaming stats like a baseball fanatic? Do you know the best selling game of last year, or the most popular console of all time? If not, then you may want to pick up your own copy of the 2009 Guinness Book of World Records Gamer's Edition and keep up with gaming trivia. Available this week, the Guinness Gamer's Edition ($15) is a textbook of gaming facts that gives you a crash course on the history of gaming, includes interviews with record holders, lists of highest scores, and top games of the year.

So next time you're invited to a Guitar Hero party, you'll be prepared with the name, age, hometown, and stats of the highest GH scorer ever. Impressive? Indeed.

Scotland Sets Record For World's Tallest Pancake Stack

YumSugar — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:00:09 -0800

To celebrate National Pancake Day yesterday, IHOP was serving up flapjacks for free. The only breakfast our nation cared about, it seemed, was the short stack. But across the pond in Glasgow, Scotland, a couple of chefs were more concerned about the tallest stack of pancakes. In fact, two chefs, Sean McGinlay and Natalie King of Glasgow's Hilton Grosvenor hotel, claim to have broken the record for the steepest stack of pancakes in the world.

The tower of 672 flapjacks measured in at 29.5 inches high, tottering over the standing world record of 29.1 inches, set by a Slovenian team last August. Guinness will still need to confirm the record. In order to prepare for the challenge, the chefs mixed over 17 pints of milk, 100 eggs, 11 pounds of flour, and 6.6 pounds of butter. The key to their success? The perfect stacking technique. Said hotel general manager Stuart Nelson:

Sean McGinlay and the kitchen team have spent a great deal of time this week perfecting their pancake recipes and stacking techniques . . . It was a bit shaky towards the end, but somehow we managed to pull it off.

Judging from the height of the pancake stack, it looks like defeating this new record will be a tall order. Wouldn't you love to help clean up after the event?

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