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Slainte! Celebrate St. Patrick's Day With 5 Facts About Guinness Stout

You don't need to be a professional leprechaun to enjoy a Guinness on St. Patrick's Day. The Irish favorite, which may actually be "good for you," has over the years become as much a staple of the annual March 17 celebration as bagpipes and shamrocks. And with 1.8 billion pints sold every year, it shouldn't be too hard to...

World's Hairiest Girl Celebrates Newfound Fame

Supatra Sasuphan doesn't mind being called the "World's Hairiest Girl." She and her family even sought the title from Guinness World Records. The 11-year-old from Bangkok is likely to become a future Guinness star. She has a condition known as hypertrichosis, otherwise known as "Werewolf Syndrome." "She's a remarkable...

Marathon Man Ends Streak of 365 in 365 Days

The very thought of running a single marathon is enough to cause most people to break out in a nervous sweat. Think about completing a marathon every day for a year, though, and you're likely to collapse from exhaustion. Unless you're Stefaan Engels. This weekend the Belgian runner set a world record by completing 365...

The Week in Weird (Roach Smuggler Edition)

Another week has passed, and we've seen a whole lot of bizarre stuff, including cockroach smuggling, some sad news from the Guinness Book of Unpleasant Outcomes, mushroom-based automobiles and the worst reason, ever, to return an adopted dog to a shelter. If you think you're ready, you can jump ahead to Fark.com and take...

Elite Gamers Play Video Game for 50 Hours, Setting Marathon Record

David Dino has his priorities straight. He just set a whole slew of world records for playing video games and knows just where he's going to put the official certificate from Guinness World Records. "I'll put it right next to my master's degree," Dino said, just moments after he and two other elite gamers, Sean Crowley...