Rick Scolamiero loves comic books, as do many. But instead of just filling his shelves with graphic novels, he decided to cover his body in them. Now, after over 350 hours of being a living canvas for tattoo artists, he holds the official Guinness World Record for most Marvel characters inked on a single body.
From the free-throw lineâa distance of just 15 feetâI can maybe put the ball in the basket about twenty percent of the time. Iâm not NBA material, but the league might consider drafting the guys from YouTubeâs How Ridiculous, who just nailed a seemingly impossible 660-foot basketball shot.
Weâve been waiting to get our hands on real life jetpacks for almost a century now. And while you canât buy them at Costco yet, they seem to be one modest step closer to reality. Richard Browning, test pilot for the British tech company Gravity Industries and âreal life Iron Man,â just set the Guinness World RecordâŚ
No longer confined by the limitations of a printed book, the Guinness Book of World Records has infinitely expanded to include almost every kind of questionable achievement humanity can attempt. Even grabbing 244 friends, jumping off a bridge, and swinging by a rope is enough to gain you pseudo-fameâat least until 246âŚ
Last summer, Mark Rober built the worldâs largest Nerf dart gun, capable of blasting foam at 40 mph. Sure, that made it slightly more dangerous than the toy it was based on, but it doesnât even come close to Roberâs latest bonkers creation: a giant Super Soaker that fires water at 243 mph.
With a mind-blowing display of precision and timing, 14 students from the Fuji Municipal Harada elementary school in Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, set a new Guinness World Record for the most skips over a single rope. In just 60 seconds, the students managed to skip 225 times without a single mistake.
Itâs the law of the universe that if youâre able to blow out all the candles on your birthday cake in one breath, whatever you wish for will come true. So why would you ever try to celebrate your 85th birthday by putting 72,585 lit candles on your cake? The fire department would have a hard time putting out thatâŚ
A Latvian company called Scandiweb was recently awarded the Guinness World Record for Largest Rube Goldberg machine after spending over two months designing and building the 412-step contraption that ultimately does nothing more than push a button to light up a gigantic Christmas tree.
If you thought those cross-court, buzzer-beating basketball shots youâll find all over YouTube were impressive, youâll be blown away by the How Ridiculous teamâs latest stunt. They set an official Guinness World Record with this 593-foot free throw made from the top of the Mauvoisin Dam in Switzerland.
Stunt driver Vesa Kivimäki might officially be the fastest man on two wheels, but he doesnât ride motorcycles. Instead, on an airfield in Seinäjoki, Finland, Vesa set a new Guinness World Record for the fastest side wheelie in a car, hitting an unthinkable 115 miles per hour.
If you feel thereâs something missing in the entryway of your McMansion with its towering ceiling, the worldâs largest arcade cabinet might be exactly what youâre looking for. But if it ends up seeming out of place, thatâs too bad, because at 14.4-feet tall there aer few other rooms in your house in which thisâŚ
Hereâs an idea for a sport: What if a bunch of poorly-dressed athletes wandered around a grassy park for four hours casually hitting balls with a long stick? Hereâs a less boring idea: What if those athletes were instead racing the clock to put the ball in the hole as quickly as possible? Thatâs the basic idea behindâŚ
Austrian stuntman Josef Toedtling holds three Guinness World Records that few people would even dare think about challenging. His specialty is being set on fire, and his most impressive record-setting feat saw his entire body engulfed in flames for a full five minutes and forty-one seconds.
By now, thereâs a Guinness World Record for just about any random accomplishment you can think of, including âmost functional gadgets on a cos-play suitâ which is currently held by Irelandâs Julian Checkley who managed to cram 23 different contraptions into his impressive Batsuit.
Sometimes failure isnât always a bad thing. This 19-foot tall domino tower was only ten layers away from officially becoming the second tallest in the worldâbut then gravity claimed yet another victim. As heartbreaking it is to see all this hard work go to waste, itâs also pretty cool to watch 241 layers of dominoes,âŚ
Itâs generally assumed that when you reach retirement age, life starts to slow down. But not for mechanics David Anderson and Mathew Hine, who spent six months upgrading a 10 MPH mobility scooter into a record breaking dragster that officially hit a top speed of 107.6 MPH.
Due to FAA regulations, drone are limited in size and power in the United States. But apparently not in Norway, which is now the home of a new record-setting superdrone called the Megakopter that recently snagged a Guinness World Record for hoisting just shy of 134.5 pounds.
