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World records

  • Watch: Chefs Nick DiGiovanni and Lynn Davis make world’s largest chicken nugget weighing 20 kg

    Watch: Chefs Nick DiGiovanni and Lynn Davis make world’s largest chicken nugget weighing 20 kg

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 13, 2022 · 01:00 pm
  • Watch: Teenager Tommy Cherry solves Rubik’s cube blindfolded in shortest time, breaks his own record

    Watch: Teenager Tommy Cherry solves Rubik’s cube blindfolded in shortest time, breaks his own record

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 23, 2022 · 09:44 am
  • Walking on his hands: Zion Clark on the journey to setting a world record

    Walking on his hands: Zion Clark on the journey to setting a world record

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 30, 2021 · 02:26 pm
  • ‘Truffle, truffle, truffle’: Here’s why this plate of french fries in New York City is worth $200

    ‘Truffle, truffle, truffle’: Here’s why this plate of french fries in New York City is worth $200

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 01, 2021 · 04:26 pm
  • Watch: Record for longest melody played by a model train now belongs to Miniatur Wunderland, Germany

    Watch: Record for longest melody played by a model train now belongs to Miniatur Wunderland, Germany

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 08, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • Watch: China’s Ren Keyu is officially the tallest male teenager in the world

    Watch: China’s Ren Keyu is officially the tallest male teenager in the world

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 11, 2020 · 10:13 am
  • Watch: Magician Martin Rees sets Guinness world record for most magic tricks underwater

    Watch: Magician Martin Rees sets Guinness world record for most magic tricks underwater

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 22, 2020 · 12:34 pm
  • From men’s 400m hurdles to women’s high jump: Will some of the oldest records fall at the Worlds?

    From men’s 400m hurdles to women’s high jump: Will some of the oldest records fall at the Worlds?

    AFP
    · Aug 16, 2019 · 10:23 am
  • World records could be rewritten under European Athletics’ ‘revolutionary’ new proposal

    World records could be rewritten under European Athletics’ ‘revolutionary’ new proposal

    Scroll Staff
    · May 02, 2017 · 11:43 am