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· Bryan Ke
90-Year-Old Japanese Grandma Sets World Record as Oldest Video Game Streamer
A 90-year-old grandmother in Japan is now the holder of the oldest video game streamer record, according to the Guinness World Records. Hamako Mori, who is also known by her online name and YouTube channel Gamer Grandma, has been playing games for 39 years, according to her…
· Bryan Ke
Shanghai Martial Artist Sets Guinness World Record Playing Ping Pong With Nunchaku
A martial arts coach in China set a new Guinness World Record for hitting 32 table tennis balls using only a nunchaku, a traditional weapon consisting of two sticks connected by either a chain or rope. Xie Desheng, a 28-year-old martial arts coach in the Shanghai paramilitary…
· Bryan Ke
2 Indian Buffalo Racers Reportedly Beat Usain Bolt’s 100 Meter Record
A 28-year-old construction worker from India has been called for trials by the country’s sports ministry after he beat Usain Bolt’s 100-meter world record. Srinivasa Gowda managed to cover 145 meters (476 feet) in 13.62 seconds during the annual buffalo race known as Kambala in…
· Bryan Ke
Hideo Kojima Just Broke an Instagram and Twitter Record at the Same Time
“Death Stranding” director Hideo Kojima has been awarded two Guinness World Records and is now recognized as the “most followed game director on Twitter and Instagram.” Game creator Hideo Kojima (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) is now a record holder for: ✅ Most followers on Twitter for a…
· Ryan General
71-Year-Old Grandma Sets New Half Marathon World Record in Ohio
Proving that age is just a number, a persistent 71-year-old marathon runner broke the age-group world record in the half marathon after a brilliant performance at the recent Akron Half Marathon. Jeannie Rice, a grandmother from Mentor, Ohio, finally set a new half marathon world…
· Carl Samson
Google Engineer Sets the World Record for Calculating Pi to 31.4 TRILLION Digits
A Google engineer from Japan has broken the Guinness World Record for the most accurate value of pi. Emma Haruka Iwao, who has been with Google for more than three years, used the company’s cloud-computing service to calculate pi to an astronomical 31.4 trillion digits, beating…
· Bryan Ke
Hawaiian Farmer Grows Record-Breaking 6-Pound Avocados
A farmer from Holualao, Hawaii has been making news lately for his incredibly large avocados, which are as heavy as a human baby.
· Ziye Wang
Counting Down the Top 10 Greatest Asian Athletes Of All Time
The Tokyo Olympics may still be a year away, but it’s never a bad time to talk sports. Specifically, we’re talking the greatest of all time in sports, Asian edition. Rankings are hard enough as it is, but comparing across disciplines is a different ball game altogether — which…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Teen Who is an Absolute Beast at Jump Rope Sets New Double Dutch World Record
Huang Junkai, a 13-year-old teen from Shanghai, China, recently beat his own world Double Dutch record during an international competition. At the recent Double Dutch Contest Shanghai Vol. 5 last Sunday, Huang smashed his own record after he skipped 136 times in just 30 seconds,…
· Ryan General
Chinese Man Breaks the Guinness World Record for the ‘Highest Vocal Note by a Male’
Xiaolong Wang, a man from China, has just set a new world record for performing the highest vocal note.
· Ryan General
Japanese Wrestler Uses Powerful Butt to Smash Guinness World Record for Balloon Popping
A Japanese wrestler broke a Guinness World Record by bursting balloons using the power and speed of her butt. Freestyle wrestler Saori Yoshida showcased her balloon-smashing prowess during her segment in Japan’s 24-Hour Television, a live telethon event held every year which…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Iaido Master Cuts a 200 Mile-Per-Hour BB Pellet With a Katana
If there’s a triad of skills humanity can take in the name of survival, it has to be the precise combination of accuracy, concentration and speed. At least, that’s what Japanese Iaido master Isao Machii has been showing us through the years.
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Man Trains to Break Guinness World Record of Being the Fastest Person to Run Backwards
Meet Yin Zuoping, a 57-year-old man from Jinan, China who can run down a flight of stairs in just five seconds all while doing it backwards, and to add more flair into this, he finishes his act with the splits. The idea to run down the stairs backwards came to Yin during the…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Students Break World Jump Rope Record in Mesmerizing Video
A group of students in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, has broken the record for “Most Skips Over a Single Rope in One Minute.” The E-Jump Fuji group managed to jump over the spinning rope 230 times thanks to their specialty of fast-skipping in a figure-eight form.
· Kyle Encina
American Kids Stay Home When It Snows While China Keeps Schools Open at -50 Degrees Fahrenheit
China’s Hulunbuir region, in northeastern Inner Mongolia, suffered from heavy fog and strong arctic winds that limit the visibility around the area on Wednesday, but the icy cold weather wasn’t enough to cancel schools. All of the monitoring stations in the area recorded a…
· Kyle Encina
K-Pop Powerhouse BTS Just Made History AGAIN
K-pop group BTS will become the first-ever Korean group to perform at ABC’s prestigious annual event “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” 2018. It’s reported that BTS has already recorded their upcoming act as early as November at the time their thrilling AMA performance went…
· Kyle Encina
BTS Easily Won Asia’s ‘Golden Tweet’ of the Year With Hilarious Video
K-Pop group BTS is continuing to make history by racking up over a million engagements with a single “golen” tweet that immediately went viral. BTS recently solidified their place in history by earning a spot at the Guinness Book of World Records not too long ago.
· Kyle Encina
BTS’ AMA Performance Solidifies Their Guinness World Record For Most Retweeted Band
K-pop group BTS’ exhilarating AMA 2017 performance made history as the group earned a spot at the Guinness World Record 2018 book. The official Twitter account of Guinness World Records personally acknowledged BTS’ massive success by congratulating the South Korean band for…
· Heather Johnson Yu
I Watched the AMAs Specifically for BTS and I Feel Cheated
I can’t remember an instance where I’d willingly watched the AMAs, and sitting through most of the performances this time around only served as a reminder as to why. Nick Jonas was groped by ghost hands as he sang while Selena Gomez sleep-walked through her bit. Even former One…
· Bryan Ke
BTS Totally Shut Down LAX When They Arrived Ahead of Their 2017 AMA Performance
South Korean K-pop group BTS finally arrived in Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) for its upcoming appearances on several American shows and its performance at the 2017 American Music Awards on Sunday. A huge ARMY of fans greeted the international artists at the airport on…