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12:23PM Nick Broughall | While taking his Tesla Roadster for a leisurely drive from Darwin to Adelaide as part of the Global Green Challenge, Internode founder Simon Hackett just happened to break the world record for the longest distance travelled by an electric vehicle on a single charge. Way to go Simon! More »
Simon Hackett Breaks EV World Record For Distance On A Single Charge
12:23PM Nick Broughall | While taking his Tesla Roadster for a leisurely drive from Darwin to Adelaide as part of the Global Green Challenge, Internode founder Simon Hackett just happened to break the world record for the longest distance travelled by an electric vehicle on a single charge. Way to go Simon! More »
Random Stuff
Witness Ron “Typewriter” Mingo In Action
11:20AM Sean Fallon | This video has it all folks. The fastest typist in the world circa the late ’70s, music, pimp suits and the hardships of a man too damn good at what he does. More »
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Steam Car Breaks World Speed Record At 225km/h
11:20PM Jesus Diaz | They did it. A whooping 139.843mph. That’s 225.06km/h in the right speed units. The UK team lead by Charles Burnett III broke the world record for steam cars, which had been untouched since American Fred Marriot set it 1906. More »
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10:35PM Jesus Diaz | This is the fastest kettle in the world, like his owner—Charles Burnett III—calls it. The 7.6-metre steam-powered supercar is being readied to break the speed record in that category right now at the Daytona Beach Road Course. More »
Steam Supercar Getting Ready To Break World Record
10:35PM Jesus Diaz | This is the fastest kettle in the world, like his owner—Charles Burnett III—calls it. The 7.6-metre steam-powered supercar is being readied to break the speed record in that category right now at the Daytona Beach Road Course. More »
Science
Japanese ‘Origami Aeroplane’ Enthusiast Breaks World Record for Longest Paper Plane Flight
4:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Takuo Toda, head of the Japan Origami Aeroplane Association (classy!) set a new world record with his 27.9 second flight. His greatest ambition, however, is to launch a paper plane…from space. More »
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Crazy Jumpsuited Man Sets New Speed Record for Jetpacks
9:45AM Dan Nosowitz | Like some kind of cross between NASCAR and Evel Knievel, Eric Scott of Jet Pack International recently set a new speed record for jetpacks: A surprisingly-fast 98kph. More »
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Man Makes 141 Rotations Hanging From a Power Drill, Sets Stupid World Record
5:40AM Sean Fallon | Here is the trick to setting world records—aim low and think of the stupidest record possible. Case in point—the record for most rotations while hanging from a power drill. More »
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Hobbyist Building World’s Fastest Car Out of a Fighter Jet
9:40AM Adam Frucci | Your hobby sucks compared to Ed Shadle’s; in his free time, he’s converting an old fighter jet into a land vehicle capable of going 1280kph. More »
Entertainment
Sri-Lankan Watches 72 Hours Of One TV Show to Set World Record
4:01AM Sean Fallon | Suresh Joachim, the same guy that recently broke the record for continuous movie watching, has also broken the non-stop TV watching record with a little help from Jack Bauer and 30 cups of coffee. More »
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