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Usain Bolt, Esquire

Biography of Usain Bolt, Mutant:

When the other men reach their top speed, their limit, Usain Bolt continues to accelerate. By the fifty-meter mark, he has caught up to the leader. By the sixty-meter mark, a noticeable gap has emerged between him and the rest of the pack. By the seventy-meter mark, he is covering more than twelve meters of ground — about forty feet — every second, a pace faster than the speed limit for automobiles in most neighborhoods. Nobody has ever moved this fast before under his own power. Usain Bolt’s top speed is simply significantly higher than anyone else’s, ever.

Fastest Sofa

I just wanted to take this moment to point out that, recently, the land speed record for furniture has been broken. Interestingly, I do not think that there is a land speed record for anything other than furniture. Anyhow, due to the engineering expertise of Marek Turowsk, a modified sofa traveled 92mph.

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Interior of the World’s Largest Gingerbread House

Interior of the World’s Largest Gingerbread House

Candy outside of the World’s Largest Gingerbread House

Candy outside of the World’s Largest Gingerbread House

Exterior of World’s Largest Gingerbread House

Exterior of World’s Largest Gingerbread House

The Cullinan Diamond

The Cullinan Diamond - Uncut, it weighed over a half a kilogram.

Guinness Book of World Records: Loudest Burp

Guinness Book of World Records: Loudest Burp - Just when you thought this website was getting some class … it was time to dispel that myth.

By the way, 110dB is the sound level of the front row of a rock concert. This guy hit 118.1dB.