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Sid Pearl jumps safely back to the boat—but that's not always what happens. Pearl has fallen in the lake eight times in two years.

The Gravity-Defying Mail Jumpers of Lake Geneva

Yes, sometimes they fall in the drink.

Rebecca Deurlein September 20, 2021

Start of Calum's Road

Isle of Skye, Scotland

Calum's Road

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

Bollards usually stay pretty solidly in the ground.

Who Steals a Bollard?

An Irish pub reports that a woman pulled a steel bollard right out of the ground.

Sarah Laskow December 15, 2017

Bini the Bunny set one of the most adorable records of the year.

Dancing Robots, Da Vinci, and a Dunking Bunny Highlight the Year in World Records

Feed your feat fetish.

Eric Grundhauser December 14, 2017

Watch 245 People Rope-Swing Off a Bridge in Tandem

Wheeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

Cara Giaimo November 10, 2017

The Alexander Piano in all its glory.

One of the World's Largest Pianos Has Returned Home

The nearly 19-foot instrument will now live in the workshop of Adrian Mann, who built it as a teenager.

Cara Giaimo October 12, 2017

Matt Whitaker setting his record at the Blackmores Sydney Marathon.

The Subtle Art of Running a Marathon in a Three-Piece Suit

Matt Whitaker, the new world-record holder, shares his secrets.

Cara Giaimo September 20, 2017

Lake Ontario on a choppy day.

A Swim Across Lake Ontario, Powered by Cookies

"My only sense of feeling comes in the form of cookies," says the long-distance swimmer Elizabeth Fry.

Cara Giaimo September 14, 2017

The Perlan 2 glider in El Calafate, Argentina.

The Ceiling for Unpowered Flight Just Went Up 2,000 Feet

The Perlan 2 glider team is aiming much, much higher, and doing science on the way.

Kelsey Kennedy September 7, 2017

A Tanker Just Made It Across the Arctic With No Icebreaker for the First Time

A real conversation-starter.

Cara Giaimo August 28, 2017

Two Guys Rode the Entire Boston Subway System in Record Time

They're the men who returned.

Cara Giaimo August 25, 2017

The Black Sea off Ukraine.

Ukrainian Lifeguard Rescued After Washing Up on Shores of Crimea

He had fallen asleep on an inflatable trampoline.

Erik Shilling August 9, 2017

crime and punishment

So Much Depends Upon the Return of a Stolen Wheelbarrow

Ask and ye shall receive.

Erik Shilling August 3, 2017

A new study simulated floral evolution to come up with an idea of what the first flower might have looked like.

What Earth's First Flower Might Have Looked Like

Scientists are beginning to understand more about floral evolution.

Erik Shilling August 2, 2017

Pugh swimming in subzero water, alongside a border of melting Arctic sea ice.

This Speedo-Clad Environmentalist Is Swimming Through the Melting Arctic

Endurance athlete Lewis Pugh is braving subzero water to draw attention to the effects of climate change.

Cara Giaimo August 2, 2017

A screenshot from Google Street View shows Richard Taylor's guerrilla parking lines.

The New Zealand Man Who Took a Parking Problem Into His Own Hands

Followed by a brief, selective history of traffic vigilantism.

Natasha Frost July 31, 2017

George Lucas with Steven Spielberg, who did uncredited work on <i>Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith</i>.

'Scientific' Journals Caught in 'Star Wars' Sting Operation

Dr. Lucas McGeorge and Dr. Annette Kin are now published scientists.

Erik Shilling July 25, 2017

A D.C. Man Fell Into a Trash Chute Because of His Phone

It can happen to the best of us.

Cara Giaimo July 24, 2017