6 Standout Social Media World Records


Updated 06/30/11 1:42 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Social Media World Record

Today is the second annual Social Media Day, and we're not exactly sure the proper way to celebrate. Comment on all our friends' Facebook statuses? Check in on Foursquare to every business within a block's radius of our office? Try to beat Charlie Sheen in fastest to reach 1 million Twitter followers? All right, the last one will be tricky since Charlie already holds the Guinness World Record for Read more

World's Largest Cupcake Attempt Is a Sweet Success


Updated 08/23/09 10:16 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 15 comments

1,224-pound Cupcake Sets New World Record For World's Largest Cupcake

Another one to add to the list of highly unconventional cupcakes: This 1,224-pound behemoth of a baked good, which just knocked out a recent record contender for the title of world's largest cupcake. The prodigious pastry, which composed of triple vanilla cake batter and topped with pink frosting, was more than eight times the size of the previous record holder in girth. It stood 4 feet tall and Read more

Covent Garden Cupcake Takes the Cake as World's Largest


Updated 07/19/09 10:59 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 8 comments

Photos of World's Largest Cupcake in Covent Garden, London, England

The cupcake craze is hardly over. Yesterday, hundreds of cupcake consumers crowded London's Covent Garden to witness the cutting of what is now the world's largest cupcake. The oversized confection, which was baked and iced by acclaimed pastry chef Michelle Wibowo, was created to honor the city's Covent Garden Real Food Market, and weighed over 330 pounds. Other important statistics: The cupcake Read more

Woman Breaks World Record For Eating World's Hottest Chiles


Updated 04/16/09 10:41 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 19 comments

Woman Breaks World Record For Eating World's Hottest Chiles

For some spice lovers, jalapeno-laden hamburgers just won't do. Take Anandita Dutta Tamuly, a 26-year-old woman from Assam, India, who set a Guinness world record last week when she consumed 51 of the world's hottest chile peppers in only two minutes. She also rubbed 24 of the same chile peppers in her eyes over the span of one minute. Overseeing the feat with a watchful eye was none other than Read more

Marathon Motivation


Updated 12/26/07 3:01 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 1 comment

Marathon Motivation

Motivation to run the 26.2 miles of a marathon comes in many different forms – some of them related. And in this case I mean that literally. The thirteen Weisse siblings will be running in Wisconsin's Fox Cities Marathon this weekend. Aside from the bragging rights that come with finishing a marathon, if the entire family finishes they will break the current Guinness World Records. Currently Read more

One Woman's Quest for the Best: The Fastest, Farthest Female Inline Skate


Updated 05/22/12 8:23 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Kacie Fischer Inline Skating Across U.S. in 74 Days

We are pumped to share one of our fave stories from Fitness Magazine here on FitSugar! Over the next few months, families will travel across the U.S. via plane, train or car during summer road trips. Kacie Fischer will be covering the same distance (nearly 4,000 miles, on her route), but on inline skates. . . and in just 74 days. If she reaches her goal, Fischer will also be breaking five Read more

Top 5 Video Game Characters of All Time: Which Is Your Fave?


Updated 02/17/11 10:50 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Top Video Game Characters of All Time 2011-02-17 10:45:49

The 2011 Guinness Book of World Records: Gamers Edition recently released its list of the top 50 video game characters of all time. While the complete list is sprinkled with names like Lara Croft, Kratos, Sackboy, and Nathan Drake, the top five characters are mostly vintage staples. Which is your favorite? Check out the top five according to Guinness, and vote for your number one in this Read more

This Woman Has the World's Longest Fingernails


Updated 09/14/11 12:15 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Guinness Book of World Records Longest Fingernails

Chris "The Dutchess" Walton was recently named the Guinness World Records 2012 holder for longest set of fingernails in the world, with nails that reach over 10 feet long on her left hand and nine-and-a-half-feet long on her right hand. It's taken her 18 years to grow her impressive set, but Walton says that she'll eventually cut them. "I'll do it, but I just can't see it in my head. I'm so used Read more

Meet the New World Record Holder For the Largest Afro


Updated 09/16/11 2:10 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Guinness Book of World Records: Largest Afro

Now this is big. Aevin Dugas, 36, a social worker from New Orleans, has just been named the 2012 Guinness World Record holder for largest afro, which measures four feet by four inches in circumference. While Dugas gets her hair trimmed about three times a year, it's taken her 12 years to grow it out to its current length. Though she admits her voluminous hair can cause problems now and then, she Read more

World-Record-Breaking Weddings


Updated 04/19/12 6:10 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Weddings in the Guinness World Records

With their prominence, extravagance, and cultural significance, royal weddings tend to be record-breaking events. But will Prince William and Kate's top these Guinness World Record winners? Check out these over-the-top nuptials, and find out what records they hold! Read more