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Aruban Strongman Pulls a 21,737-Pound Bus With His Neck
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Aruban Strongman Pulls a 21,737-Pound Bus With His Neck

Egmond Molina towed a nearly 10-ton bus more than 65 feet using only a rope around his neck, claiming his 10th Guinness World Records title in the process.

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14 Divers Stack 22 Metres Tall Underwater for New Guinness Record
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14 Divers Stack 22 Metres Tall Underwater for New Guinness Record

A team of 14 scuba divers held a 22.3-metre vertical human tower underwater off India's Andaman Islands for three minutes — more than doubling the Guinness target and setting a new world record.

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Gretchen Walsh Smashes Own 100m Butterfly World Record Again — 54.33
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Gretchen Walsh Smashes Own 100m Butterfly World Record Again — 54.33

The American swimmer lowered her own world mark for the fourth time in 12 months, clocking 54.33 seconds and now owning the 13 fastest 100m butterfly swims in history.

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16-Year-Old Zhao Yicheng Sets Speed Climbing World Record at 4.58 Seconds
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16-Year-Old Zhao Yicheng Sets Speed Climbing World Record at 4.58 Seconds

In his very first senior international start, the Chinese teenager scaled a 15-meter wall faster than anyone in history — and dropped Sam Watson's record in the process.

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7-Year-Old Swims 29 km Across Palk Strait, Sets World Record
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7-Year-Old Swims 29 km Across Palk Strait, Sets World Record

Ranchi schoolboy Ishank Singh covered the 29-km stretch from Sri Lanka to India in under 10 hours, becoming the youngest and fastest person ever to swim the Palk Strait.

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India Duo Smash World Record at Shooting World Cup
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India Duo Smash World Record at Shooting World Cup

Palak Gulia and debutant Mukesh Nelavalli scored 487.7 in the 10m air pistol mixed team final, beating China and Hungary in Granada.

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