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Record-Breaking Storm System Roars Across US

The powerful storm system that swept through the Plains on Sunday and to the East Coast today, killing at least seven people in the Deep South, spawned over 1,500 reports of severe weather since Sunday, including a record-breaking 1,200-plus reports during one 24-hour period. The hardest hit regions were the Tennessee...

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...

Waterproof Notepad Helps You Record Ideas in the Shower

Some people do their best scrubbing in the shower; others do their best thinking. Just ask Mark Knudsen, a Michigan-based, self-professed "shower thinker" with a penchant for coming up with great ideas while showering. A couple of years ago, Knudsen's watery brainstorming habit led to something big: the invention of a...

754-Pound Tuna Sells for Record $396,000 in Tokyo

A giant bluefin tuna sold for a record $396,000 today in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's fish market. At 32.49 million Japanese yen, it's the highest price any fish has ever sold for since the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market started keeping track in 1999. The fish weighs 754 pounds, so the auction...

The Iceman Cometh: Man Reportedly Sets Record With 2-Hour Ice Bath

Talk about breaking the ice. Clad only in swim trunks, China's Jin Songhao reportedly endured a freezing-cold ice bath for two hours -- potentially setting a new world record for direct, full-body contact with ice. Jin took the title by lasting 120 minutes in a plastic box filled with ice cubes, according to Xinhua and...