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‘The Mountain’ wins World’s Ultimate Strongman and talks Game of Thrones spinoffs

Game of Thrones star Hafthor Bjornsson has won the World’s Ultimate Strongman (WUS) competition in Dubai.

09/11/2018

World

Strongman Eddie Hall recalls 500kg deadlift: “I woke up in a massive pool of blood”

As the World’s Ultimate Strongman 2018 competition was held in Dubai, last year’s World’s Strongest Man, Eddie Hall, was on the ground to oversee proceedings.

09/11/2018

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India inaugurates world's tallest statue to celebrate independence hero

India on Wednesday (October 31) inaugurated the world's tallest statue, a $400-million effigy of independence hero Vallabhbhai Patel that towers nearly twice the height of New York's Statue of Liberty.

31/10/2018

United Kingdom

95-year-old diver breaks his own record

A 95-year-old British man has broken his own record to become the world's oldest diver - again

02/09/2018

United Kingdom

Watch: British swimmer breaks world record for longest staged sea swim

British adventurer Ross Edgley surpassed the previous record on the 74th day of his journey. The swimmer is aiming to become the first to circuit the British mainland.

15/08/2018

World News

World's longest beard goes on display

Hans Langseth or King Whiskers has gone down in history as having the world's longest beard

22/06/2018

World News

Record 68.5 million displaced worldwide in 2017: UNHCR

A record number of refugees was recorded in 2017 by the UNHCR.

19/06/2018

United Kingdom

Watch: Jaguar's battery-powered boat breaks speed records

British carmaker Jaguar has smashed speed records with a battery-powered boat.

18/06/2018

United Kingdom

Devon village claims title for World's Smallest Nightclub

Don't get hung up, but there's only room for one at a time on the dancefloor of this converted phone box.

07/06/2018

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Neapolitan chefs create record-breaking fried pizza

As many as 100 Neapolitan pizza makers set a new world record on Wednesday for a fried pizza that measured 7.15 metres

27/05/2018

Italy

Neapolitan pizzaoili break record for world's longest fried pizza

Traditional pizza from Naples was over seven meters long

24/05/2018

United Kingdom

Watch: Motorised shed breaks speed record on Welsh beach

Owner Kevin Nicks told Euronews he was “quite ecstatic” after reaching speeds of more than 160 kilometres per hour in the four-wheeled shed.

16/05/2018

Poland

Massed guitars beat world record for playing Hendrix's 'Hey Joe'

Poles and Hendrix fans from around the world, over 7400 of them with their guitars, gather in the Old Town square of Wroclaw in Poland to smash the previous record.

01/05/2018

Sport

Svindal skis into record books with Downhill win in Pyeongyang

Norway's skiing legend takes title at 35 to stun his rivals.

15/02/2018

World News

Three middle-aged women take on the 'world's toughest rowing race'

If the team stay on course until mid-February, Diana Carrington, 60, will become the oldest ever transatlantic rower.

25/01/2018

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Watch: India 'breaks record' for number of men riding a motorbike

An Indian Army team manages to pile 58 people onto a moving motorbike.

22/11/2017

Green News

Fei Fei Sun, Spectacles, and Ferrari

Five things to know this week

16/11/2017

Sport

World record for England golf team

Team England have broken the world record for the 'fastest hole of golf by a team of four'

05/11/2017

Living

New world record for the legendary Paul Newman Daytona watch

The most iconic Rolex wrist watch in the world has been sold for a record price.

27/10/2017

Eco-Innovation

"As the speed builds, so must his mental capacity”.

The mental preparation behind breaking land speed record

23/10/2017