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Sonya Thomas, Winner of Chicken-wing Eating at National Buffalo Wing Festival

AP Photo/Don Heupel

Sonya Thomas

, 40, of Virginia's Alexandria, won the wing-eating contest at the National Buffalo Wing Festival held in Buffalo, N.Y. by scarfing 173 wings (weighing 5.17 pounds) in 12 minutes on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007.

Thomas has set numerous records in competitive eating events, including 37 hot dogs in 12 minutes; 35 bratwursts in 10 minutes; 11 pounds of cheesecake in 9 minutes; 44 lobsters in 12 minutes; and 250 Tater Tots in 5 minutes.

She is ranked No. 5 by the International Federation of Competitive Eating.

Source: AP

World’s Largest Bear Killed in Alaska

Before the largest grizzly bear

was killed by an employee working for the US Forest service in Alaska using his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle in 2005, it had just killed and ate at least two humans in the past 72 hours. This world's largest bear measured over one thousand six hundred pounds and stood 12′ 6″ high at the shoulder, 14′ to the top of his head. Instead let its employee keep this largest bear as a trophy, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission has made it into a giant specimen and placed on display at the Anchorage Airport to remind tourists of the risks involved when in the wild. Link to Ryan's Blog for the full story.

Malaysian 'King Tooth' Rathakrishnan Velu Pulling Train With Teeth

Rathakrishnan Velu-Set a New World Record for Pulling Train With Teeth

Rathakrishnan Velu, a Malaysian nicknamed "King Tooth" or "Raja Gigi", pulled a 300-tonne-seven-coach train using a steel rope clenched in his mouth August 30, a feat that organizers said was a new world record for the heaviest weight pulled with teeth in the world. Source: Chinadaily

World's Smallest Butterfly

Discovered in China's Shaanxi Province in 2002, the butterfly Tongeia minima Shou et Yuan (小玄灰蝶), was recently officially confirmed as the world's smallest butterfly. The full wing span of this kind of butterfly species ranges from only 12-17 mm. Source: Xinhua & Sina

Cathie Jung, The Woman Has World's Smallest Waist

The waistline of 70-year-old North Carolina grandmother Cathie Jung measures only 15in, and has been recognized as the world's smallest living person's waistline by the Guinness Book Of Records.

Cathie’s astonishing 39-15-39 figure is the result of spending the last 25 years laced into tight corsets [under help from her husband Bob, an orthopaedic surgeon] , which only come off when she showers.

Below is a 6-minute-long video showing healthy Cathie Jung interviewed on This Morning.

Link to Utubelaughter & www.CathieJung.com

World Smallest Mini Fishing Fish Rod Pen Reel Pole

This is the world's smallest fishing rod with Reel Pole which can catch fish up to 4lbs. It is like a pen with a length of 8 inches when closed and fully extends to 37 inches. It's so small and lightweight that you can put it anywhere you want. It costs just about $18 on Amazon.com.

Link

Nanu Ram Jogi, 90, World's Oldest New Father

Nanu Ram Jogi, World's Oldest New Father

After his eldest son died ten years ago, Nanu Ram Jogi, now 90, a farmer in the Indian state of Rajasthan, got married then 40-year-old daughter-in-law Shiv Lal being his fouth wife and since then they have 7 children. The lastest addition to the family is a newly-born baby girl Girija Rajkumari who is less one month old. The world’s oldest new dad has no plan to stop breeding, instead he wanna father more children till he becomes 100 years old. Link

China's Biggest Mooncake Weighs 13 Tons

Ten cooks of a super food market in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province spent ten hours on finishing the 13-ton giant mooncakes, with ten types of different flavored stuffings, including white lotus seeds, red bean paste and pineapple.

The biggest mooncake, with a diameter of 8.15 meters and height of 20 cm, has a total surface area of 52 sq meters and was baked in a specially prepared big oven, with a diameter of 9 meters.

The moon cake is a traditional Chinese food people enjoy on the Mid-autumn Festival (or the lantern Festival, the 15th day of the eighth month in Chinese lunar calendar is the third most import Chinese festival after Chinese Spring Festival and Yuanxiao Festival), which falls on Sep 25 this year.

Source: CRI

Update: Four photos were uploaded.

world's largest mooncake weighs 13 tonnes

Dawn Brooke, World Oldest Natural Mother at 59

British housewife Dawn Brooke, now 69, has claimed to be the world's oldest natural mother after giving birth at the age of 59, a secret the family kept for ten years.

Dawn Brooke had a healthy boy without any fertility treatment only 12 months before she became eligible for her old age pension.

Her husband, former company director Raymond Brooke, 74, said the couple had kept the 1997 birth private for a decade in order to let their son grow up in peace.

The youngster has been brought up at the couple's £1million home on Guernsey and attends school on the Channel Island.

Relatives of the boy - who is ten today - said he is extremely bright and particularly enjoys maths. But like most children his age he is also a big fan of Harry Potter, a passion he shares with his father.

Mr Brooke married his Londonborn wife a few weeks before their son was born by caesarean section at a Guernsey hospital on August 20, 1997.

The picture above shows Mrs. Dawn is with her her first son Nick, now 33, in 1989. Source: Dailymail

Yone Minagawa, World's Oldest Woman, Dies at 114

Born on Jan. 4, 1893, Yone Minagawa was named the world's oldest person by the Guinness Book of World Records in January following the death of Emma Faust Tillman, also 114, in the United States. She died today at the nursing home in Fukuchi, 520 miles southwest of Tokyo, Japan. Link

World’s Most Expensive Desserts

The dessert above called The Fortress Aquamarine being sold at a restaurant in Sri Lanka costs $14,500, undeniably being the world's most expensive dessert. The two below costing over $1,000 are ranked as the second and third most expensive desserts. Go Forbes Traveler's list to find more info.

Hungarians Set World Kissing Record

Hungarians have broken the world record for simultaneous kissing when more than 6400 couples joined lips for a few seconds at a party outside the country's parliament on June 9.

Hungary has been engaged in a kissing duel with the Philippines since 2004, when 5327 couples kissed in Manila, followed by new records in Budapest in 2005 and 6124 couples in Manila again this February.

"The news came a few months ago that Filipinos had overtaken us, we became defiant and said we would take it back again," journalist Ferenc Pallagi who organised the Kissing Party, said. Source: Xinhua | Stuff

World's Tallest Lego Tower

A just finished 94.3ft-high pirate ship mast at a piratethemed Legoland in California is the world's tallest lego tower. A total of 465,000 bricks were used during the construction. Source: Dailymail

Most Pregant Women Gathered Under One Roof

Pregnant South African women set a world record at Your Baby Show held in Johannesburg on May 19 for the largest gathering of women due to give birth.

"We were a little bit concerned having all these pregnant women under one roof, but we are happy that none of them went into labour," said organiser Projeni Pather.

The event needed only 100 pregnant women to set the record, but attracted 1,146 which was verified by independent adjudicators to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. Source

World's Most Tatooed Senior Woman

She is Isobel Varley who started her first tatoo on 14th August 1986 at the age of 49.

Students From 50 Countries Set Sauna Record in Japan

Fifty students at the International University of Japan set a new Guinness world record for The Most Nationalities in a Sauna at the same time, breaking a previous world record that 38 countries were represented in a spa in Kobe, Japan, in 2004

At a sauna bath in Minami-Uonuma, Western Japan, only foreigners were welcome. Bathers showed their foreign passports to be allowed in.

The event was organised to commemorate the university's 25th anniversary on May 14

10,000 Mothers Gathered to Simultaneously Breastfeed Babies

From Chinadaily

Women breastfeed their babies in attempt to break the world record for simultaneous breastfeeding at a sports center in Paranaque, south of Manila, Phillipe, May 2, 2007. Organizers said around 10,000 mothers gathered in day care centers, hospitals and private venues across the country as part of a government and NGO effort to promote breastfeeding and smash a world record.

World's Longest Rice Noodles

The 300-meter-long rice vermicelli displayed on the first Guilin Mifen Carnival [桂林米粉节] starting from April 30 in Guilin of Guangxing is believed to be the longest in the world. They were made of 350 kg specially selected rice and took staffs 8 hours to finish. Link to Netease & GX

World's Tallest Pagoda

The Tianning Pagoda (天宁宝塔), which is 13 storeys, or 153.79 m (504.56 ft) high, is the tallest pagoda in the world. The pagoda located in Tianning Temple in Changzhou, China's eastern province of Jiangsu. On April 30, 2007, it opens to the public after a grand opening ceremony held on April 30. " It is not only the description of Changzhou’s tradition, belief and culture, but also the fruit of Changzhou’s history, economy and culture accumulating during the past 2500 years!" Link to Xinhua

British Man Pulls Plane of 7.4 Tonnes with Ears

Manjit Singh, 57, pulled a Jetstream passenger plane weighing approximately 7.4 tonnes 12ft along the apron at East Midlands Airport, at Castle Donington in Leicestershire, U.K.. When responding to the medias after the record attempt, he said he did have a little bit of pain around the ears. :-)

The strong man also attempted to raise money for his charity Manjit Fitness, which aims to get children living in his native Mahilpur, India involved in sport.Link