Harbor, an eight-year-old coonhound, has a 13.5-inch-long right ear and a 12.25-inch-long left one, earning the pooch the Guinness World Record for longest ears on a living dog.
Balloons weren't the only things broken at a massive water balloon fight recently staged by the University of Kentucky’s Christian Student Fellowship. The nearly 9,000 students who participated in the childish fun shattered the previous Guinness world record for largest water balloon fight of 3,927 participants, which was set by Brigham Young University students in 2010.
Erin O'Keefe and Amy Milano set an officially-sanctioned world record by slapping each other in face with slices of pizza a combined 174 times in 15 seconds.
John Taylor secured his rightful spot in metal heaven when he recently broke the record for world's fastest guitar playing. He clocked in at at 600 BPM (Beats Per Minute), almost twice the speed of the original record holder, Tiago Della Vega.
The folks at Bournemout Beach in England got quite an eyeful this weekend when an event organized by body spray brand Lynx set the Guinness World Record for the largest group shower.
Many of the world records that the folks at Guinness dole out recognize skills that are otherwise pretty useless. (For example, the ability to wear a lot of t-shirts at once.)
Conversely, the Guinness World Record for the tightest parallel park actually celebrates a pretty practical talent. Anyone who's had to squeeze into a tight spot will envy the ability of German parking wizard Ronny “C-Rock”
Annie Leung was official recognized as the best female guitar hero player in the world.
Playing Guitar Hero 3, the 25-year-old University of Berkeley graduate scored 789,2349 points on the expert level of 'Through the Fire and Flames' by DragonForce. According to the folks at the Guinness Book of World Records, that’s more points than any female has ever accumulated in a single game.