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Italy

Neapolitan pizzaoili break record for world's longest fried pizza

Traditional pizza from Naples was over seven meters long

United Kingdom

Watch: Motorised shed breaks speed record on Welsh beach

Owner Kevin Nicks told Euronews he was “quite ecstatic” after reaching speeds of more than 160 kilometres per hour in the four-wheeled shed.

Poland

Massed guitars beat world record for playing Hendrix's 'Hey Joe'

Poles and Hendrix fans from around the world, over 7400 of them with their guitars, gather in the Old Town square of Wroclaw in Poland to smash the previous record.

Sport

Svindal skis into record books with Downhill win in Pyeongyang

Norway's skiing legend takes title at 35 to stun his rivals.

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World News

Three middle-aged women take on the 'world's toughest rowing race'

If the team stay on course until mid-February, Diana Carrington, 60, will become the oldest ever transatlantic rower.

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Watch: India 'breaks record' for number of men riding a motorbike

An Indian Army team manages to pile 58 people onto a moving motorbike.

Earth News

Fei Fei Sun, Spectacles, and Ferrari

Five things to know this week

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'

Earth News

New world record for the legendary Paul Newman Daytona watch

The most iconic Rolex wrist watch in the world has been sold for a record price.

Ecotech

"As the speed builds, so must his mental capacity”.

The mental preparation behind breaking land speed record

Israel

World's oldest man dies aged 113

Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal has died a month before his 114th birthday

Switzerland

'World's longest' pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Switzerland

The longest suspension bridge in the world was inaugurated yesterday in Randa, Switzerland.

World News

Couple first ever to marry in British Antarctic Territory

Two polar researchers became the first couple ever to marry in the British Antarctic Territory on Saturday, July 15.

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Serial record-breaker misses a close shave with lawnmower feat

A man has broken his own record for balancing a running lawnmower on his chin

Switzerland

Record 65.6 million 'forcibly displaced' in 2016 - UN Global Trends report

The UN releases data suggesting forced displacement globally is at its highest in decades.

Mexico

G+T x 300 = Record

Record-breaking bartenders prove their skills in Mexico City.

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World's oldest skydiver

A 101-year-old D-Day veteran has broken the world record for the oldest tandem skydiver.

Nepal

Nepali pensioner dies during bid to climb Mount Everest

An 85-year-old man from Nepal, who was attempting to become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, has died.

Kenya

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge narrowly misses bid to break two-hour marathon

Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge has narrowly missed out on his bid to become the first ever person to run a sub-two hour marathon.

Mexico

World's heaviest man to undergo surgery

In Mexico, the world’s reportedly heaviest man is finally set to undergo surgery.