WORLD'S SHORTEST PEOPLE

Participants dressed as smurfs pose during an attempt to hold the world's largest meeting of smurfs in a bid to outdo the previous record of 2,510 mostly student participants in Wales in 2009 in Lauchringen, Germany February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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VIDEOS
Largest Smurf Meeting Ever
Thousands of Smurfs and Smurfettes gathered to try and break the Guinness World Record for the largest Smurf meeting ever.
In this April 10, 2018, file photo, Masazo Nonaka eats a cake after receiving the certificate from Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living man at then age 112 years and 259 days during a ceremony in Ashoro on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido. In the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, Nonaka died at his home _ a hot springs inn _ in northern Japan at the age of 113. (Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP)
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WORLD NEWS
The World’s Oldest Man Dies In Japan At 113
By Nina Golgowski
Masazo Nonaka credited sweets and soaking in his family's hot springs for his impressive longevity.
FILE - This Feb. 12, 1996 file photo shows Jeanne Calment in Arles, France. Believed to be the world's oldest person, she died at the age of 122 in 1997. New research published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 suggests there’s a limit to our life span and that the odds of breaking Calment’s record are small. (AP Photo/File)
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WEIRD NEWS
World's Oldest Person, Jeanne Calment, May Have Faked Her Age: Report
By David Moye
Researchers who verified Jeanne Calment's claim say the new theory is nonsense.
In this photo provided by Colin O'Brady, of Portland., Ore., he poses for a photo while traveling across Antarctica on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. He has become the first person to traverse Antarctica alone without any assistance. O'Brady finished the 932-mile (1,500-kilometer) journey across the continent in 54 days, lugging his supplies on a sled as he skied in bone-chilling temperatures. (Colin O'Brady via AP)
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WORLD NEWS
American Colin O'Brady Completes Historic Solo Trek Across Antarctica
By David Barden
The 33-year-old from Oregon is the first person to cross the continent unaided.
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VIDEOS
Kansas City Symphony Breaks World Tuba Record
The Kansas City Symphony breaks Guinness World Record for the largest tuba ensemble.
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WEIRD NEWS
835 Tuba Players Set World Record By Playing 'Silent Night' All At Once
The tuba players ranged in age from 11 to 86.
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SPORTS
This Gymnast's World Record Backflip Has To Be Seen To Be Believed
By Lee Moran
Ashley Watson nailed it.
VIDEOS
Female Surfer Breaks Record With 68-Foot Wave
Maya Gabeira broke the Guinness World Record for the largest wave surfed by a woman.
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ENTERTAINMENT
This Gamer Beat 'Super Mario Bros.' In A World Record Time Many Thought Impossible
By Andy McDonald
Kosmic himself seemed surprised how well his speedrun went.
Rolf Buchholz - Most Body Modifications Guinness World Records 2019 Photo Credit: Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
Paul Michael Hughes/Guinness World Records
WEIRD NEWS
'Guinness World Records 2019' Features Some Truly Weird Feats
By David Moye
Everything from the guy with the most body modifications to the cat balancing the most dice on one paw.
Ray Woolley, pioneer diver and World War 2 veteran, gestures after breaking a new diving record as he turns 95 by taking the plunge at the Zenobia, a cargo ship wreck off the Cypriot town of Larnaca, Cyprus September 1, 2018. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
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POST 50
95-Year-Old Veteran Sets Record As World's Oldest Scuba Diver
By Andy McDonald
Ray Woolley broke his own record, which he set last year.
Vako Marchelashvili 18 of Tbilisi Georgia solved six Rubiks Cubes under water in one breath on Friday in a bid to set a new Guinness World Record
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WEIRD NEWS
Teen Solves 6 Rubik's Cubes Underwater In Only One Breath
By Reuters Staff, Reuters
Eighteen-year-old Vako Marchelashvil of of Tbilisi, Georgia, spent six months preparing to the break the previous Guinness World Record of five cubes.
An alligator named Muja eats a quail in its enclosure in Belgrade's Zoo, Serbia, August 14, 2018. Muja is officially the oldest American alligator in the world living in captivity. He was brought to Belgrade from Germany in 1937, a year after the opening of the Zoo. Muja survived three bombings of Belgrade, the Second World War and all hardships the Zoo went through. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
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WEIRD NEWS
Muja The Alligator Looks Pretty Good For Being In His 80s
By Reuters Staff, Reuters
The world's oldest gator has been at the Belgrade Zoo since the beginning of World War II.
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WEIRD NEWS
World's Oldest Living Married Couple Is A Combined Age Of 208
By David Moye
They need about 14 more months before they set record for oldest married couple ever.
Chiyo Miyako died Sunday at the age of 117 She was the worlds oldest person according to Guinness World Records
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Chiyo Miyako, World's Oldest Person, Dead At 117
By David Moye
Her family called her "the goddess," and she was known for patience and kindness.
Bulgarian Yane Petkov, 64, is held after he wanted to set a new Guinness World Record by attempting to swim more than three kilometers at Macedonia's Lake Ohrid,Ê in a bag with his arms and legs tied up, in Ohrid, Macedonia July 24, 2018. ÊREUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski
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WEIRD NEWS
Bulgarian Man Bags World Record For Swimming In A Sack
Yane Petkov swam 3,380 meters with his hands and feet tied while fully wrapped inside a sack.
Shridhar Chillal of India displays his newly cut fingernails at an announcement that the five fingernails he grew for 66 years will be displayed in Ripley's Believe it or Not in New York, U.S., July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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WEIRD NEWS
Man With World's Longest Fingernails Finally Cuts Them After 66 Years
By David Moye
The collective weight of the nails has made it impossible for Shridhar Chillal to open his left hand or flex his fingers.
Participants arrive on the beach to join 2505 women in breaking a Guinness World record for the largest number of people skinny dipping together and at the same time raising money for the children's cancer charity 'Aoibheann's Pink Tie' on Magheramore beach near Wicklow, Ireland, June 9, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne TEMPLATE OUT
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WEIRD NEWS
2,505 Women In Ireland Break World's Skinny-Dipping Record
By David Moye
There was a wave of excitement at Ireland’s Magheramore beach this past weekend ― and that’s the naked truth. That’s because
Rodrigo Koxa goes on a ride
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SPORTS
Cowabunga! Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa Breaks World Record Surfing 80-Foot Wave
By Mary Papenfuss
"I got a present from God," the gutsy surfer said at a World Surf League ceremony.
Japanese Masazo Nonaka, who was born 112 years and 259 days ago, receives a Guinness World Records certificate naming him the world's oldest man during a ceremony in Ashoro, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, in this photo taken by Kyodo April 10, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN.
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WORLD NEWS
112-Year-Old Japanese Man Is World's Oldest Living Male
By David Moye
The record holder's granddaughter says he credits his longevity to sweets.
Close view of the packaging of the console game Grand Theft Auto 5 at the midnight opening of the HMV music store in central London on September 17, 2013. One enthusiastic fan camped outside the store for three days. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)
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ENTERTAINMENT
'Grand Theft Auto 5' More Profitable Than Any Film Or Book Ever
By Andy McDonald
The revenue for this one game title is estimated to be $6 billion.
Chinese Culture University near Taipei Taiwan recording a rainbow lasting nearly nine hours on Nov 30 2017
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WEIRD NEWS
9-Hour Rainbow Shines Its Way Into The Record Books
By David Moye
Color them impressed.
GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 19: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada compete during the Figure Skating Ice Dance Short Dance on day 10 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 19, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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SPORTS
Ice Dancers Tessa Virtue And Scott Moir Break Their Own World Record
By Jenna Amatulli
Canada's sensuous pair are in first place at the 2018 Olympics.
HUFFPOST VIDEO
Alex Trebek Gets Brain Surgery
‘Jeopardy’ taping has been suspended as host Alex Trebek recovers from surgery to remove blood clots from his brain.
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WEIRD NEWS
100-Foot-Long Joint Is A Big Hit At Massachusetts Pot Fest
By David Moye
The jumbo joint contained more than 1,000 grams of weed.
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