Bao Xishun can once again stand tall and proud to be the ?World?s Tallest Man? after a taller Ukrainian refused to be measured.
Guinness World Records has taken the title of world?s tallest man away from Leonid Stadnyk because he has continually refused to be measured in accordance with the publication?s guidelines. The title now reverts back to China?s Bao Xishun, who stands at 7ft 8.95ins. Stadnyk stands 8ft 5.5ins tall.
A young shop worker from Lauderhill, Florida believes he?s set to create the world?s largest rubber band ball. Joel Waul, 27, has created an 8,200lb rubber band ball in the driveway of his home. The ball is so large that he can easily stand on it. Waul?s ball already is made up of more than 300,000 bands of different sizes and he plans on adding 2,000lb more once the material is delivered to his home.
Artist Andy Saunders teamed up with VW parts and accessory company Just Kampers to create the ?Vancake? the world?s lowest Volkswagen Bus!
The 3-foot (1 meter) tall VW Bus entitled ?Vancake? that?s fully road legal was created by Saunders and his team in just three days. Apart from lowering the roof the team also applied a custom paint job and an electric sunroof.
When their owners handed over two fox terriers named Bert and Ernie because they could no longer care for them, the SPCA was astonished to see the fat dogs: Bert (pictured below) weighed 32 kg (71 lb) and Ernie weighed 44 kg (lb)! SPCA manager Tracy Dunn said the team were speechless when they saw how overweight the dogs were. She said the SPCA often sees malnourished and underweight dogs and cats, so it was unusual to have two very overweight dogs handed in at once.
Dunn said animal obesity is becoming a major problem in New Zealand. ?The nation?s overweight people are in turn overfeeding and supersizing their pets.?
This photo shows a red Mazda Miata being pulled out from the bottom of the Campasino family swimming pool in Stewartstown, Pa. Kim Taylor thought she had set the emergency brake. But her wayward red convertible nonetheless rolled downhill, crashed through a fence and plunged into her neighbors? in-ground pool.
With his piercing blue eyes and pale skin this rare alligator stands out like a sore thumb. Weighing over 500 pounds, Bouya Blan is one of only 12 white alligators in the world. The 22-year-old, whose name means white fog, lives along with three other giant leucistic alligators at the world famous Gatorland theme park in Florida. ?People are awestruck when they see them, and just one look into those icy, blue eyes will give you chills,? says Mark McHugh, President & CEO of Gatorland.
Bucharest attempted a new world record Saturday with a 392-metre (1,286-foot) smoked sausage that took two weeks to prepare and weighs a hefty 150 kilogrammes (330 pounds). About 20 people worked on the giant wors, commissioned by the city of Bucharest and presented Saturday during local holiday festivities, Realitatea TV television reported.
Two hundred metres longer than the previous record holder from Poland, according to local media, the sausage was to be later grilled and served to residents. A representative of the Guinness Book of World Records was also on hand to witness the record attempt.
This is the world?s fastest-ever road vehicle. The turbo-charged 1300cc, 800Bhp Acabion GTBO is capable of reaching 300mph in 30 seconds and has a top speed of 340mph.
Described by its creator, Dr Peter Maskus, as a ?road streamliner,? is neither car nor motor-bike, but something in between. Dr Maskus hopes to have it on the road in the UK and USA within three years. But start saving now ? it will set you back a whopping ?1.5million.
A Chinese man called Dr. Wei Sheng has pierced his head with 2008 needles to commemorate the forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing. In a bizarre publicity stunt, Dr Wei Sheng pierced the decorative needles in his head, face, hands and chest in the five colours of the Olympic rings. The picture of Dr Sheng?s was taken in Nanning, Southern China, and demonstrates the patriotic fervour among the Chinese people in the build up to September?s Games.
Molly is a gray speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit southern Louisiana, USA . She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled.
While there, she was attacked by a pit bull terrier, and almost died. Her gnawed right front leg became infected and her vet went to LSU for help.
Surgeon Rustin Moore met Mollyand he saw how the pony was careful to lie down on different sides so she didn?t seem to get sores, and how she allowed people to handle her. Moore agreed to remove her leg below the knee and a temporary artificial limb was built.
A huge hole in the ground ate a part of the road in the Ecuador capital city Quito after heavy rains in the beginning of April, 2008. According to Latin American news agency Prensa Latina the hole measured 262 feet (80 meters) in depth, 98 feet (30 meters) in diameter.
A dolphin badly injured in a shark attack has been escorted by a mate into the care of human hands. Nari sustained a hideous wound across his head and back, and when he went missing, wildlife experts feared he had died.
The 12-year-old dolphin failed to turn up for his ritual feeding off the coast of Queensland - but so did his older companion Echo. But after three days the pair turned up with the rest of the group. Mr Trevor Long, a dolphin expert from Sea World on the Gold Coast, said: ?We didn?t see Nari again until the third day, when he turned up with Echo at his side.
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