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California Schoolchildren Will Try to Break Jump Rope Record

by Brett Singer, Posted Jan 28th 2010 3:00PM

School children skip rope in a gym in Sydney, Australia, Friday, May 9, 2008, in an attempt to break the Guinness World record for the amount of people skipping at the same time. Credit: Rick Rycroft, AP
California schoolchildren soon will be ...
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8-Year-Old Daredevil Wing-Walker Attempts World Record

by Brett Singer, Posted Aug 20th 2009 5:00PM

In a jaw-dropping show of bravery, 8-year-old Tiger Brewer took to the wing of his grandfather's biplane. Credit: BARM/Fame Pictures Most 8-year-olds are lucky if they can hit a curve ball. But London's Tiger Brewer has hung out on the wing ...
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Michael Phelps' mom talks about ADHD

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Aug 20th 2008 11:00AM

Unless you've been living in a cave for the last few weeks, you've probably at least heard of Michael Phelps. Even when other swimmers are winning, NBC likes to flash footage of the record-breaking Olympic star. But what people may not realize about ...
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Boys bounce into the record books

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 3rd 2008 3:03PM

If your kids want to be famous and you're not entirely in favor of their current plan to become so by jumping off the Johnson's garage roof with flannel blanket parachutes, then perhaps this might offer an emergency-room-free alternative. Seven boys ...
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College student attempts world hugging record

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Aug 27th 2007 4:33PM

I lived in the UK for 6 of the 7 years before I moved to Texas, and if I remember one thing about British culture, it's how creepy they found it that Americans hug each other -- all the time. I'm a hugger, which even my friends found to be mildly ...
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1,000 pregnant South Africans gather, set world record

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted May 23rd 2007 8:03AM

Oddly, the previous world record for the number of pregnant women gathered in a single place was less than 100. For whatever reason, it seems expectant mothers don't like to congregate -- or, more likely, no one wanted to attempt a world record with ...
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Third grader plans to hop into the record book

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Feb 12th 2007 2:04PM

Sure, there's a problem with childhood obesity in America -- but not for one girl down in Georgia. Eight year old Nicole Malegni of Canton, Georgia, is pretty good at jumping rope. She's pretty good at riding a pogo stick too. In fact, she can do ...
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