In something that started as a contest organised by insect trap-making company, Imbictus International for catching the most number of mosquitoes - a woman has come out with a possible Guinness book of record  - Huang Yuyen caught 4 million mosquitoes in a month. The catch weighed 3lbs 5oz beating the other 72 contenders by pounds! Record? She should be charged with mass kidnapping instead! On a serious note - where did she catch millions of mosquitoes from? The company or even the... Full Story

Jackie Cobell, 56-year old woman from Kent (UK), has become the slowest English Channel swimmer ever as she finished it in - 8 hours and 44 minutes to get from Dover to Calais after swimming 64 miles instead of the 21-mile direct route. She beat Henry Sullivan's record in 1923, by one hour and 56 minutes. Her feat raised nearly £2,000 in charity sponsorship for research into Huntingdon’s disease, Interestingly the sum is still growing. She does have a great story - she took... Full Story

Meet Yang's hen which at 22 is equivalent to 400 human years. This is definitely a big record of a hen's age as hens normally live for 7-8 years and the oldest report hen (before this) is reported to have lived 12 years. Yang Shaofu, 77, of Sidazhuang village, Baoshan, Yunnan province, said the hen was bought by his daughter-in-law in 1988 along with four other chickens. The hen still seems to be doing fine except for reduced appetite and bad vision. Makes you wonder if Yang mistook... Full Story

There are a lot of drivers in the world who can't maintain their car inside the marked lines of a lane, but there is Li Guiwen, an army driver from Beijing (China), who managed to drive across two rows of bottled beers for over 60 metres. He steered along 1,798 bottles for 60.19m in a time of 8 minutes and 28 seconds. He had previously attempted the same record in 2009, but due to rain, the right tyre of his vehicle slipped off the bottle track. As a lot of other strange records, this one... Full Story

James Cameron has apparently pocketed a whopping 350 million dollars for directing ‘Avatar,’ the highest-grossing film of all-time. Deadline.com reports that the huge sum came because Cameron had signed a deal that assured him a big payday only if the expensive movie turned a profit, which, of course, it did, grossing 2.7-billion-dollar worldwide. Cameron was nominated as Best Director at the 2010 Academy Awards for his work on the film. But it not only the theatrical... Full Story

A 35-hour soccer game broke the record for the longest soccer game (earlier record of 33-hours) with the end score of 333-293. The game was held between All Stars against Cambray FC in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire to raise £30,000 to build a school for poverty-stricken children in India. The game was played using 36 total players and was planned for 40 hours but torrential rains shortened the plan by 5 hours.   All Stars player Pete Sheppard, 24, said that tiredness was the... Full Story

Australia Australian street performer Chayne Hultgren aka Space Cowboy, 31, seems to have a strange love for swords and blades. He loves swallowing them! Recently he swallowed 18 swords/stainless steel blades, each over 2 feet long, breaking his own record of 17. The sword-eater said he started his dangerous hobby when he was 16 and had used different techniques to prepare his body, including stretching his throat with hoses. Check his other performances too... Full Story

Dallas, Texas, USA On Thursday, the Lone star state took a setback when Texas Longhorns lost against Alabama's Crimson Tide but Dallas Cowboys won it back yesterday after winning their first playoff game against Philadelphia Eagles with the final score of 34-14. This was the first playoff win for the Cowboys in the last 13 years (since 1996).    But if any of the 92,951 fans left Cowboys Stadium, their glittering new palace, dreaming about a championship, quarterback Tony Romo and... Full Story

USA Serena Williams' outburst at the line judge at US Open 2009 for a foot-fault call has resulted in a record $82,500 fine. She could be even suspended from that tournament if she has another "major offense" at any Grand Slam in the next two years.   Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock's ruling was released Monday, and he said Williams faces a "probationary period" at tennis' four major championships in 2010 and 2011. If she has another "major offense" at a Grand Slam tournament in... Full Story

Washington Dc, USA As the Financial Crisis continues to rip through the USA, the Jobless Claim has surged.  There are currently 5.73 Million people unemployed in the USA, bringing the unemployment rate to 8.5%. The current number of unemployed in the USA has set a record.  Since the inception of tracking unemployment in 1967, there have never been this many unemployed in the USA.  The unemployment rate of 8.5% has also not been seen since November of 1983.  Strangely enough, the Dow... Full Story