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Top Five Weirdest World Records
Some people have nothing better to do with there lives.
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FIRST ROBOT TRUMPETER
Playing a brass instrument requires constant changes to the embouchure (the arrangement of the mouth, lips and tongue) to reach certain notes. The first robot to achieve this is an as-yet-unnamed bipedal invention designed by Toyota (Japan).
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LARGEST TILTING SHIP
The FLoating Instrument Platform, of FLIP, is a 355-ft-long (108-m) oceanic research barge that is able to rotate through 90˚, with 55 ft (17 m) of its length above the water and 300 ft (90 m) below, by flooding ballast tanks. As the flooded end sinks, FLIP’s buoyant end – containing accommodation for the 16 crew and their research equipment – rise.
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LARGEST CITYSCAPE CREATED FROM KITCHEN UTENSILS
Zhan Wang (china) made a model of London, UK, using more than 1,000 pots, pans, and kitchen utensils – the London Eye wheel is a ball of stainless-steel wire and St. Paul’s Cathedral a large oven dish. From October 6 to December 11, 2005, it was part of the Universal Experience exhibition at the Hayward Galley, London, Uk.
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OLDEST PEICE OF CAKE
The Alimentarium Food Museum in Vevey, Switzerland, has as one of its exhibits the world’s oldest cake. The 4,200-year-old confectionery was sealed and vacum-packed in the grave of Pepionkh, who lived in ancient Egypt ca. 2200 bc. The cake, which measures 4.25 in (11 cm) in diameter, has sesame on the outside and honey inside, and was possibly made with milk.
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LARGEST GATHERING OF PEOPLE DRESSED AS GORILLAS
On your marks… get set… Go… rilla! In London, UK, on September 25, 2005, 637 participants took part in the “Great Gorilla Fun Run” to raise money for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
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This is from Guinness right?
lol nice
lol nice
that just weird
i want to eat that cake!!
i love dressing up as a gorilla…. i do it every weekend!