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  6 of the Weirdest Guinness World Records Arts & Culture 5m read by Bennett Kleinman Original photo by  BooFamily / Shutterstock Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Email Guinness World Records collects a hodgepodge of some of the globe’s most impressive and unlikeliest accomplishments. Among the many record-holders are those who set out to establish dominance in some of the wackiest categories imaginable, from “most spoons balanced on the body” to “farthest distance squirting milk from the eye.” Some of these categories may even leave you wondering who came up with the idea for the record in the first place. Here are six of the weirdest Guinness World Records we could find. Credit:  Paul Bradbury / iStock Most Spoons Balanced on the Body Spoons are a commonplace household item, but for one man, they were also tools for setting a seemingly unbreakable world record. Meet Abolfazl Saber Mokhtari, an Iranian man who holds the Guinness World Record for  most...

Why trees look like rivers and also blood vessels and also lighting.    “Ever notice how if you look at part of a tree, it looks a lot like an entire tree?”  Dr. Joe Hanson  of  PBS Digital Studios’ Be Smart  YouTube channel asks in  the video  above. “Lightning, lungs, cracks in the ceiling… What’s going on here? Why do all these things look so similar? Once you start seeing it, you see it everywhere…     Note this comes directly from their website. Click here for more.   

Dead Man Walking  Bible Reading: Isaiah 6:1-7 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.   Isaiah 6:3, NIV SUPPOSE THAT YOU were a soccer player and your coach told you that you were invited to a big soccer event tomorrow with all the best soccer players in the city. You get dressed the next day in your soccer shorts, shirt, socks, and cleats. Your clothes are stained with the mud and blood of many tough games, and you wear that ragged, dirt-spattered uniform with pride. You go to the sports complex, just like your coach told you, but the fields are empty. Then you notice some lights shining in the field house in the middle of the complex. You jog over, open the door, and step in. Suddenly you’re in the field house, and you blink your eyes in disbelief as you see some of your teammates and opponents dressed up, in clean, fancy clothes. It’s then you realize that you misunderstood your coach: It’s not a game, it’s a banquet! You look down at th...

InterestingFacts.com Cows Have Best Friends.   Lists of the world’s most intelligent animals don’t often feature cows, but our bovine friends have more emotional depth than they tend to get credit for. A 2011 study by scientists at the University of Northampton in England revealed that not only do cows have best friends , but they also get stressed out when separated from their BFFs — a relatable quality if ever there were one. The research was conducted by comparing heart rates and cortisol levels during 30-minute sessions in which a cow was penned with a “preferred partner” it was known to have a close bond with, then a “familiar but nonpreferred individual.” When the besties shared a pen together, their heart rates were lower and other signs of stress were also reduced. Cows aren’t the only animals that form friendships . Chimpanzees and bonobos do, too, as do several others, including dolphins, horses, certain birds, and marmots. Dolphins can identify their friends by taste , w...

 Astronaut captures never-before-seen aurora intensity from ISS Vibrant fuchsia and pale green auroras dance above Earth’s surface. The moon is illuminated in the distance as the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the planet. Swelling music accompanies this epic view. NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick  captured  this auroras time-lapse video  in early August 2024. The stunning display was caused by a powerful solar storm that harmlessly collided with Earth. The storm’s intensity produced visible auroras as far south as Texas and Mississippi—a rare treat for these latitudes. Dominick shared his awe with  speaking to  Scientific American : Note: This comes directly from their website. Click here for more. 

Which RC LEGO machine will collapse these LEGO towers? What happens when you combine LEGO, engineering, and a healthy helping of controlled chaos? The builder behind the  Brick Technology  YouTube channel tests this combination in a series of increasingly complex LEGO machines, above, all with a single goal:  Destroying LEGO Towers . But, it gets more challenging: while the towers maintain their height, they grow wider with each round, challenging the builder to devise more effective demolition devices. Note: This comes directly from their website. Click here for more.   

 The Crow and the Canary Bible Reading: Ephesians 5:1-4 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful.   Ephesians 4:29 ONCE THERE WERE two birds, a crow and a canary, who lived in the same tree. The tree shaded a large old house where a brother and sister lived with their mother. One day the crow said to the canary, “I will light on the ledge of that open window.” He nodded his black beak in the direction of the house. “When the people see me, they will toss me a scrap of bread, and I will sleep with a full stomach tonight.” The canary watched as the crow flew to the window of the house. He craned his neck and began to caw (as crows do). He cawed and cackled, demanding to be noticed in the most shrill tones. Finally his rowdy cawing was rewarded by a woman, who came into the room---and promptly threw an old shoe at him. The canary laughed so hard he nearly fell off his perch as the crow flapped back to the tree, looking as if the old shoe had ...