LightGramsSeptember 26, 2024Volume 28, Number 28 Osman Gurcu recently claimed his third Guinness World Record. He has long been interested in basketball trick shots and had previously set records for the longest behind-the-backboard shot and the longest bounce shot. This most recent record was for the longest basketball shot made while blindfolded. His shot from…
Posts from September 2024
LightGramsSeptember 19, 2024Volume 28, Number 27 Ken Wilson of Vacaville, California was determined to keep his expenses under control. Living in the same apartment for 19 years, he closely watched his power bill. To keep those utility costs lower, he began turning off nearly all of the electrical breakers when leaving for work each morning.…
LightGramsSeptember 12, 2024Volume 28, Number 26 If you happen to be in the market for plums, check out the Oppie Plaas Boerdery Farm in South Africa. This is where the world’s record for biggest plum was recently set when co-owners Dean and Deon Barnard found a plum that weighed 16.3 ounces. That broke the previous…
LightGramsSeptember 5, 2024Volume 28, Number 25 A college student from India has set a new record for the world’s smallest vacuum cleaner. Tapala Nadamuni, age 23, had set the record in 2020 when he created one that measured .69 inches, but that record vanished when a competitor made one even smaller. Nadamuni was not to…