Automakers recalled millions of vehicles over the course of 2024 to address a variety of issues, typically related to the safety of the driver and passengers. The five recalls with the largest potentially affected vehicle populations this year came from four different automakers: Tesla, Ford, Honda and FCA US, per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration … Read more
This teen has filled some pretty big shoes. Eric Kilburn Jr. — a 16-year-old football player at Goodrich High School in Michigan — has officially set not one but two Guinness World Records. The 6-foot-10 teen has both the largest feet and the largest hands of a living teenager. According to Guinness World Records, the … Read more
There is something magical about landing in Vancouver and driving two hours north, even at midnight, through a storm of ice and snow, and arriving at Whistler Blackcomb. The largest ski resort in North America, with 8,100 acres to ski over two mountains, Whistler Blackcomb is connected by a pedestrian village and the world’s largest … Read more
Want Oktoberfest — hold the Germans? Look no further than our hockey-loving, igloo-curious friends to the north in Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario. Those twin, heavily German-rooted Canadian cities are just an under-two-hour VIA train ride west from Toronto. Behind Munich, K-W’s is the world’s second-largest “Wiesn” (that’s what trendy Teutons hashtag their weeks-long party on … Read more
A giant, fully functioning iPhone created by popular YouTubers broke a world record. Arun Maini and Matthew Perks constructed an 6.74-foot tall version of an iPhone 15 Pro Max, which set the Guinness World Record for the largest smartphone replica. In order to take home the title, the phone had to actually work, so theirs — … Read more
Here’s the schlong and the short of it. A UK man who boasts the “world’s largest penis” has revealed the many downsides to having a titanic tallywacker, including struggling to put on clothes, feeling faint while erect and receiving twisted propositions. The phallically-enhanced man, Matt Barr, revealed the supersized secrets in a recent interview with … Read more
Travelers aboard multiple cruise ships recently helped break a world record for the largest pizza party. Princess Cruises, headquartered in Santa Clarita, California, became a Guinness World Records holder for the second time after hosting a large pizza party on board multiple cruise ships. Guests aboard a fleet of Princess Cruises boats consumed more than 60,000 slices of … Read more
Nigerian artist Fola David is seeking the Guinness record for the largest drawing by an individual after spending six days on his piece in a stadium in the commercial capital Lagos. A drone view of the complete piece covering over 1,000 square meters at Onikan stadium in Lagos, Nigeria on July 21, 2024. REUTERS The … Read more
A museum in Missouri recently broke a Guinness World Record for hosting the world’s largest gathering of people with underwear on their head. The City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri, wanted to commemorate “314 Day” this year with flair. As a nod to its town’s area code, 314, the museum hosted an event on March 14 and … Read more
They were rolling in the deep. Scientists have identified what could potentially be the “deepest known blue hole” in the world, extending so far down that the bottom has not yet been reached. Researchers described how the underwater abyss’s extensive depths could harbor a “biodiversity to be explored” in a recent study published in the … Read more
“Abigail” led a quiet box office Friday. The horror thriller took in $4 million in sales in its debut in theaters, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. There’s already talk of a sequel to the Gloria Holden-led updated version of “Dracula’s Daughter,” in which the Count’s offspring tries, and fails, to rid her herself of … Read more
They like big boats and they cannot lie. For many of the first passengers on the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, the onboard reality of the $2 billion behemoth lived up to the over-the-top hype. During back-to-back preview sailings from the Port of Miami in late January, travel agents, special … Read more
Call it the Skytanic. Engineers have unveiled plans for the world’s largest airplane, dubbed the WindRunner, which could revolutionize renewable energy by transporting gigantic wind turbine blades from point A to B. Designed by the Colorado-based energy company Radia, the behemoth cargo carrier measures a whopping 356 feet long and 79 feet tall with a … Read more
He’s cashing in his chips. A retired man who built the world’s largest-ever collection of empty potato chip wrappers says he’s finally reached the proverbial bottom of the bag — after pulling in an astonishing 24,000. Gary Key, of East Yorkshire, England, first embarked upon the thoroughly unusual pastime back in 2012 as a diversion after … Read more
This is iconic. Ahead of Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas — the world’s largest cruise ship measuring 1,198 feet and weighing 250,800 tonnes — setting sail with passengers on board, one crew member is documenting its journey across the Atlantic Ocean from Cadiz, Spain, to Miami, marking the first time it will be in the … Read more
She’s Icon-ic. The largest cruise ship in the world — Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas — has yet to welcome her first paying guests, but she’s already making waves in the Caribbean. Today, locals and visitors in Ponce, Puerto Rico, were granted a sneak peek at the 1,198 foot-long, 250.800-gigaton pleasure cruiser, which some have … Read more
If you’re looking for The One — a Birkin, that is — Michael Mack is your guy. The Las Vegas luxury reseller is the proud steward of a fleet of coveted Hermes Birkin and Kelly handbags — 120 to be exact. “I never thought I’d have this many Birkins in my life,” Mack, the president and … Read more
A family welcomed a bouncing baby boy last month — born nearly twice the size of the average baby. “Oh, it was dumbfounding,” proud father Chance Ayres of Cambridge, Ontario, told Fox News Digital. “It was a mind-blowing experience,” he said. “The way the doctors and nurses were cheering. It was like the [Toronto] Maple … Read more
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan has slithered into the top spot as home to the largest snake collection in the world. Oregon State University recently gifted the UM Museum of Zoology 45,000 specimens of reptiles and amphibians. Over 30,000 of those were snakes, which almost doubled the school’s research collection and put … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The country’s largest Christian university is being fined $37.7 million by the federal government amid accusations that it misled students about the cost of its graduate programs. Grand Canyon University, which has more than 100,000 students, mostly in online programs, faces the largest fine of its kind ever issued by the U.S. … Read more