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Typing 103 characters of text on a keyboard in 47.44 seconds isn't all that impressive, unless you accomplish the feat using only your nose. Then it becomes, well, odd for one, but also worthy to be recognized by Guinness World Records as having the fastest time to type using the nose, an honor that belongs Mohd. Khursheed Hussain. To achieve the record, Khursheed Hussain had to peck out a 98-character message that reads, "Guinness world records have challenged me to type this sentence using my noise in the fastest time." You can practice typing that sentence at home (or a place like the library if you want freak people out) if you have any ambition of sniffing out the record from under Khursheed...
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The two teams of Tesla drivers that set out to complete a cross-country road rally driving electric Model S sedans and using only Tesla’s Supercharger stations to recharge have completed the trek in an impressive 76 and a half hours. It’s a Guinness World Record for the fastest cross-country journey via electric car, and they may have set another record for the lowest amount of charge time, too. The total energy consumed was 1,197.8 kWh, and each car drove 3,464.5 miles without using any gasoline or paying for the juice at the Supercharger stations. The Tesla drivers who were behind the wheel when the cars crossed the finish line Along the way, they encountered a blizzard in Colorado...
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Think you've got game? Then you should probably look away. While collectors around the globe have long since bragged about owning more than anyone else when it comes to any given category of items, there's now one man to beat when it comes to the idea of collecting the most video games. Michael Thomasson seems like a pretty stand-up 31-year old gentleman, but he has something else to be proud of: he has amassed 10,607 video games, but he is actually beyond that figure since earning a Guinness World Record. That's right: he now has a world record to prove that his collection of games is larger than that of anyone else residing on this planet. Thomasson stated: "I have games on cartridge, laser...
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