If you've got little to do this weekend and are interested in incredible tedium, then you could always download what its maker claims is the world's longest mobile phone ringtone. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Every year, millions of dragonflies fly thousands of kilometres across the sea from southern India to Africa.

So says a biologist in the Maldives, who claims to have discovered the longest migration of any insect. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Organisers in Bucharest won a place in the Guinness Book of Records today with the World's longest smoked sausage. The giant wurst measured a mighty 429 yards. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

World's longest lei (one mile long!) created for Hawaii's lei day celebration. Way cool! picked by muppet 2 years ago

Some silly humor with stick figures. picked by 86Apex 3 years ago

Scientists at Cambridge University have found that bees make use of small cone-shaped cells on flower petals, which act like ‘velcro’ on their feet, to stick to flowers and collect nectar. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

An oarfish can easily be mistaken for a sea serpent, but they are really the longest bony fish in the sea, growing to fifty feet or more in length. The longest oarfish alive according to the Guinness Book of World Records is 36 feet in length.

*that fish really creeps me out* picked by lynxears 2 months ago

There are two footbridges over the canyon. Canada's longest footbridge extends an amazing 600 ft long across and is 152 ft above the ground. The other bridge spans 300 ft across the canyon and is 125 ft above the canyon floor. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

An X-ray showed the dog swallowed a stick, two feet long and an inch wide, and it was lodged a foot down his throat. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An international team of scientists has identified a nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa as the world's largest. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

The remnants of a once massive volcano, Ball's Pyramid juts 1,843 feet out of the Pacific ocean. Discovered in 1788, the barren, rocky spire was thought to be devoid of life until 2001 when a group of scientists discovered what may be the world's rarest insect. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Scientists have uncovered what they are calling the oldest full-body impression of a flying insect, possibly an ancient mayfly. "[The fossil] captures a moment in time over 300 million years ago when a flying insect just happened to land on a damp, muddy surface leaving almost a perfect impression of its body behind." picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Xiao Xiao (Pronounced chow chow) is one of the highest regarded stick figure animators around. Here is a nice collection of some of his works.

(The site is in chinese language but it doesnt matter. Just click on the thumbnails and enjoy.) picked by Milkshake 3 years ago

An intergalactic particle beam stretching for more than a million light years is the longest ever seen. According to the team that discovered this record breaker, it could help reveal how such jets of matter bind themselves together. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Morbidly fascinating stick man mutilation game. Push the little fella down stairs and see how much damage you can do to him. With disturbing screams.

I got 376. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Jim West, a 45-year old Canadian came face to face with an angry mother bear. First he tried kicking her in the face. She knocked him down and started tearing into his skull. He grabbed a stick and started swinging at the bear's skull, killing it. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

A great list of portable applications that will make for a great software suite on your spare USB stick. The applications are designed to run from USB sticks, so you'll have no problems running them. picked by davids 2 years ago

A Japanese film crew has shot a 45-second-long video of a flying fish in the air, in what may be the longest recorded flight of the acrobatic species. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A dedicated team of pub goers have drunk themselves into the record books by carrying out the longest ever pub crawl. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

One half of the longest married living couple in Britain has died after 81 years of marriage.

Frank Milford, 101, held the hand of his wife Anita, also 101, as he passed away at the residential home where they lived. picked by Doggylives 3 months ago