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Austrian breaks world record with extreme ice feat

An Austrian extreme athlete on Saturday broke his own world record by spending more than two-and-a-half hours submerged in ice.

06/09/2020

The Cube

The iPhone shortcut recording when you say 'I'm getting pulled over'

The technology has risen in popularity amid widespread protests against police violence.

18/06/2020

World News

2019 sets record for Europe's hottest December - Copernicus

The global record set in December 2015 was also matched, says the EU's climate change monitoring agency.

08/01/2020

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Jet-propelled French adventurers fly through world's highest cave

Vincent Philippe Reffet and Frederic Yves Fugen leapt from a helicopter and sped towards Tianmen Cave, in central China's Hunan province.

15/11/2019

Austria

Watch: Eliud Kipchoge first to run sub two-hour marathon distance

Kipchoge, the world marathon record holder, will be hoping to be second time lucky after he narrowly failed in his first try in 2017 by running the length of a marathon in 2:00:25.

12/10/2019

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Dani Arnold sets new climbing record up north face of Cima Grande

In near-perfect weather conditions, the 35-year-old Swiss national completed the 550-metre-long, partly overhanging, mountain face in 46 minutes and 30 seconds

28/09/2019

United Kingdom

Cancer survivor is first to swim English Channel four times non-stop

Sarah Thomas, 37, set off from Dover on Sunday morning and completed the gruelling feat in 54 hours and 13 minutes, according to a swim tracker.

17/09/2019

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Georgian man shows Herculean strength, pulls seaboat with finger

Georgian strongman and weightlifter Georgian Giorgi Rostomashvili pulled on Sunday (August 25) a 200-tonne sea boat with his middle finger.

26/08/2019

Mexico

Watch: Chefs create Mexico's longest sandwich

The traditional "torta" was created in Mexico City and is believed to be the world's longest.

01/08/2019

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Chefs make Mexico's longest-ever 'torta' sandwich

Crowds gathered to watch chefs craft Mexico's longest-ever "torta" sandwich.

01/08/2019

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Jeff Koons 'Rabbit' sculpture sets €81.4 million record at sale

The sculpture titled "Rabbit" by American pop artist Jeff Koons sold for $91.1 million (€81.4 million) in New York, a record price for a work by a living artist.

16/05/2019

United Kingdom

Adventurer becomes first person to swim around Britain

British adventurer Ross Edgley made history on Sunday when he became the first person to swim around the coast of mainland Britain.

04/11/2018

Mexico

Watch: Mexico breaks record for largest torta sandwich

This year marks the fifteenth year in a row that Mexico has broken the Latin American record for the longest sandwich.

30/08/2018

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Watch: Mexicans make mega sandwich in world record attempt

The tortilla weighed 865 kilograms and measured 70 meters in length.

30/08/2018

Cuba

Watch: Cubans break national record for largest Cuba Libre cocktail

Dozens of bartenders across the Americas participated in the event, which kicked off the Pan American Cocktail Championships.

28/08/2018