World Records are broken all the time, new ones are thought up and old ones are challenged. Whether you want to be known for playing the most consecutive chess games like Iranian Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami or making the largest sandwich like the country of Mexico, here are the weirdest world records. Hula Hooping Hula hooping is …
The Lincolns left Indiana in March of 1830 when the future president was 21 years old. They headed west for the 225-mile trip to their new farmstead near present-day Decatur, Illinois, where Abraham and his father built a new log cabin and a barn and Abraham split wooden rails to fence their land. In the …
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Abraham Lincoln became proficient with an ax when he helped his father, Thomas, clear the forest and build a cabin on the land the Lincolns had bought in Indiana after moving from Kentucky in 1816. Lincoln also learned basic carpentry from his father and became adept at building simple furniture (e.g., three-legged stools). In a …
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“Do what you love” is a good approach to work. A Chinese chef is doing what he loves and bringing influences from his other passions. The result is “fashionable sushi.” From Fubiz: “Chinese chef Yujia Hu based in Milan combines his two passions in his culinary creations: cooking and fashion. He revisits traditional sushis rolls …
World Records fall every week and this world record is not for the faint of heart. Juggling expert Josh Horton set a new Guinness World Record for the most samurai swords juggled at The ART Factory warehouse in Paterson, New Jersey. Horton juggled a total of four insanely sharp samurai swords. The same day, Horton …
Ruby Silvious is a visual artist and graphic designer, whose recent work includes experimenting on recycled and found materials. In 2015, she started a project called 363 Days of Tea, a visual daily record of her impression of the moment, using the emptied-out tea bag as her canvas, and altering it to create a new …
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