May 16th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
The world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia will soon be housed in an unlikely home - not Italy, or New York or even Connecticut, but in Philadelphia, a city better known for its hoagies and its cheesesteaks than its 'za.
But thanks to 27-year-old Brian Dwyer, the Guinness World Record holder of pizza memorabilia, the dream to open a pizza-themed museum will become a reality late ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Museum Month: Pizza Brain, Philadelphia's Pizza Museum
May 16th, 2012 at 12:00PM:
The world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia will soon be housed in an unlikely home - not Italy, or New York or even Connecticut, but in Philadelphia, a city better known for its hoagies and its cheesesteaks than its 'za.
But thanks to 27-year-old Brian Dwyer, the Guinness World Record holder of pizza memorabilia, the dream to open a pizza-themed museum will become a reality late ...Galeries Lafayette in Morocco receives first Guinness World Record for largest in-store shop facade
Nov 18th, 2011 at 4:00PM: The Galeries Lafayette, a department store in Casablanca, Morocco, has received an award from the Guinness Book of World Records for having "the largest in-store shop façade". The façade has a combined area of 36,402.68 square feet (about 46 feet high and almost 791 feet wide) that takes over the three story store located in the Morocco Mall.
The Galeries Lafayette is set to open ...California man sets new record by surfing for 26-hours straight
Nov 29th, 2010 at 8:30AM: Surfer Bill Laity earned himself a spot in the record books last weekend by setting a new endurance mark for the longest continuous surfing record. Laity, who lives in San Clemente, California, set the record off Huntington Beach, where he rode the waves for a very impressive 26-hours straight.
To make his historic ride Laity had to apply to the Guinness Book of World Records and obtain permits ...The naughty postcard museum
Jul 11th, 2010 at 11:00AM: The British have always been famous for their humor, both dry wit and the naughtier brand. One man who combined the two is being celebrated in a new museum that opened in Ryde in the Isle if Wight yesterday.
Donald McGill, Britain's "king of vulgarity", illustrated thousands of postcards over an almost sixty-year career. He was best known for simple double-entedres like the one pictured to the ...Holiday Inn opens NYC hotel made entirely of key cards
Sep 18th, 2009 at 4:30PM: digg_url = 'http://digg.com/travel_places/Holiday_Inn_Opens_NYC_Hotel_Made_Entirely_of_Key_Cards'; As part of an effort to build buzz around the relaunch of 1200 Holiday Inn hotels this month, the lodging chain has opened a very special hotel in New York. It's not your average hotel though. It's made entirely of hotel key cards.
The "Key Card Hotel" was built by Guinness World Record holder ...Take a beer trip around the world in Washington DC
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Jun 23rd, 2008 at 11:00AM: I love beer. For me, beer is also a drink that goes hand-in-hand with travel. It's available just about everywhere from Asia to America to Africa, yet no two places are alike when it comes to the preferred local brand. One of the first things I do when I arrive in a new place is try out the local beer. My reaction is usually a good sign of things to come. Is the beer watered-down and tasteless? ...Danny Boy marathon aims to break Guinness Book of World Records
Mar 15th, 2008 at 10:05AM: There are high hopes in Ferndale, Michigan. Opposite to Shaun Clancy of Foley's Pub and Restaurant in Manhattan who is loathe to hear "Danny Boy" in March, A.J. O'Neil, owner of A.J. Café, has been hustling to get enough folks together to break the Guinness Book of World Records in a "Danny Boy" singing/playing the song marathon for a St. Patrick Day first.
Here's how it will work. ...Round the world by bike: Scotsman does it in 195 days
Feb 16th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Some people travel around the world on airplanes, some on horseback and others on bicycle. Mark Beaumont is one of the latter. On Friday February 16, the Scotsman arrived in Paris, completing his round the world bicycle journey of 18,000 miles which took him exactly 195 days and six hours. Mike's not the only one to attempt to bike around the world, but he certainly is the fastest. The 25 year old ...The Wackiest Guinness Record Holders
Sep 28th, 2007 at 6:39PM: In honour of the annual edition of the Guinness Book of World Records coming out today, I'm going to recap some of the craziest records that have made the book this year, according to this article from Reuters:
A man in Australia smashed 40 watermelons with his head in just one minute
German Thomas Vogel somehow managed to undo 56 bras in 60 seconds
An American, Jackie Bibby, allowed 95 ...China Opens 525-foot-high Ferris Wheel
May 9th, 2006 at 1:20PM: From Yahoo!News.com: China has just opened what it claims to be the world's tallest ferris field in the south of the country. Called the Star of Nanchang, it opened in a riverside park in the province of Jiangxi. As a point of reference, the new wheel is 82 feet taller than the London Eye, which the Guiness Book of World Records currently lists as the tallest ferris wheel. ...
