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Feeling good: positive stories from the week

GOOD NEWS FRIDAY| We’d like to introduce you to our roundup of some of the brightest stories from this week. We hope they'll give you a nice shot of energy to get more done and to start your weekend with a smile!

22/06/2018

World News

World's longest beard goes on display

Hans Langseth or King Whiskers has gone down in history as having the world's longest beard

22/06/2018

Greece

Watch: Greek woman breaks world record for longest garlic braid

Measured at 612 metres and 70 centimetres, the record surpasses the one previously broken in Hungary, which had tallied 255 metres.

20/06/2018

Italy

Neapolitan pizzaoili break record for world's longest fried pizza

Traditional pizza from Naples was over seven meters long

24/05/2018

Australia

Blood donor who saved millions of babies' lives gives last donation

At 81, James Harrison will no longer donate his blood after 1173 donations over six decades, during which his blood's special antibodies, used to make a vital medicine, have saved countless infant lives.

16/05/2018

United Kingdom

Watch: Top Gear scoops world record for fastest tractor

Motor show Top Gear scooped the unusual Guiness World Record after reaching a top speed of 87.271 miles per hour (140 kph) with a modified farm vehicle.

23/03/2018

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The 'biggest Baklava in the world'

Chefs in Turkey claim to have broken the Guinness World Record

22/03/2018

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World's longest zipwire opens in UAE

Thrill seekers will travel on the zipwire at speeds of up to 150kph along its 2.8 kilometre length.

01/02/2018

United Arab Emirates

World's longest zipline to open in the UAE

Adventure-seekers can ride 2.8km over the Jebel Jais mountains near the Oman border.

01/02/2018

Italy

Outsized Christmas feasts

The world's biggest Panettone has made an appearance in Milan. Euronews takes a look at other outsized Christmas treats.

18/12/2017

Eco-Innovation

Watch: British inventor sets jet suit world record

Richard Browning managed to hit more than 50 km/h over an English lake.

09/11/2017

Sport

World record for England golf team

Team England have broken the world record for the 'fastest hole of golf by a team of four'

05/11/2017

USA

Mo the dog's huge tongue wins world record

Mo the dog's 18.58 cm-long lolling tongue is something to behold.

04/10/2017

Sport

Around the world in 79 days: British cyclist smashes world record

19/09/2017

Green News

World's longest zip line to open in the UAE

The UAE has an ambitious plan to become the adventure hub of the Middle East and break a new Guinness World Record.

28/08/2017

World News

Britain versus America: Who has the oldest skydiver?

A transatlantic tussle is underway involving two men aged over 100 - to determine who is the world record holder

01/08/2017

Brazil

Sky-high dining Brazilian style

There's a new spin on the traditional summer barbecue after a group of Brazilians took a national pastime to dizzying heights and tried to bag a new world record into the bargain.

31/07/2017

USA

Oldest female astronaut breaks another space record

Another record has been set in space – the most spacewalks carried out by a female astronaut.

30/03/2017

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Bosnian taekwondo champion sets record for crushing blocks with his head

Kerim Ahmetspahic, a 16-year-old taekwondo champion, set a new Guinness World Record in Bosnia for crushing 111 building blocks with his head in only 35 seconds.

29/03/2017

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Taekwondo champion smashes 111 blocks with his head

Kerim Ahmetspahic, a 16-year-old, taekwondo martial artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Saturday (March 25) attempted the athletic, and rather painful-looking, task of smashing 111 building blocks

28/03/2017