A 21-year-old from a small Canadian town shattered a Guinness World Record by solving 211 Rubik's cubes while bouncing on a pogo stick, more than tripling the previous mark, and now he's landed a spot in the Guinness World Records 2027 edition. Saul Hafting of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, was just 16 when he took […] The post Nova Scotia man solved 211 Rubik's cubes on a pogo stick — and Guinness put him in the book appeared first on American Almanac .
A 21-year-old from a small Canadian town shattered a Guinness World Record by solving 211 Rubik's cubes while bouncing on a pogo stick, more than tripling the previous mark, and now he's landed a spot in the Guinness World Records 2027 edition. Saul Hafting of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, was just 16 when he took on the record for most rotating puzzle cubes solved while on a pogo stick. The old record stood at 65. Hafting blew past it, solving 211 cubes during his 2021 attempt, a margin so wide it is hard to imagine anyone catching up soon. UPI reported that Guinness approved the record in 2022, awarding Hafting a certificate and a listing on the organization's website. But the book feature, the part Hafting calls a "longtime goal",…Open
Hungary’s public cemetery in Nyergesújfalu hosted a grave-digging contest where teams raced to dig regulation graves for a cash prize, a display organizers say spotlights the dignity of the trade and aims to break old taboos. On Saturday, thirty-eight men in 19 teams descended on the cemetery in northern Hungary, competing to see who could […] The post Hungarian grave-digging contest digs into tradition and taboos appeared first on American Almanac .
Hungary’s public cemetery in Nyergesújfalu hosted a grave-digging contest where teams raced to dig regulation graves for a cash prize, a display organizers say spotlights the dignity of the trade and aims to break old taboos. On Saturday, thirty-eight men in 19 teams descended on the cemetery in northern Hungary, competing to see who could dig the fastest, deepest, and most precisely measured grave. The event was organized by the Hungarian Association of Cemetery Maintainers and Operators, which described the contest as a way to “showcase the grave-digging trade and its skills” and to “shake off death-related taboos.” Contestants used only picks and shovels, working under the sun to meet strict size requirements: 1.6 meters…Open
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