The Best of Extra Ordinary

In the Guinness Book of Wolrld Records, there are records of the strangest and most entertaining things. The one most fascinating to me is the weird ones. The creepy ones that give you the chills. There are lists of creepy things in this book but some of the weird ones to me are:

Farthest milk squirting distance:

Harriest Teenager:

Longest distance keeping a table lifted with teeth:

Longest fingernails of a female ever:

Fastest time to burst three baloons with the back:

Heaviest object, supported whist sword, swallowed:

Longest distance walking over hot plates:

Longest finger nails of a male ever:

Fastest time to enter a suitcase:

Heaviest weight lifted by tongue:

Most bowls broken with one finger in one minute:

From the ones I listed above, which one did you find to be the weirdest and/or strangest? If you were to accomplish one weird thing to put in the book of Guinness World Records what would it be? Have you ever known someone with a strange talent?

Barcelona Star Lionel Messi Sets New Goal-Scoring Record

Barcelona football star Lionel Messi last night (December 9th) wrote his way into the history books after notching up the Guinness World Records title for the most goals in a calendar year by getting his 86th goal of 2012.

The 25-year-old Argentine moved past Gerd Mueller's long-standing record of 85, which was set in 1972, to set a new benchmark, which includes goals for club and country.

Messi clinched the record after hitting the target twice in Barca's 2-1 win over Real Betis on Sunday.The Three-time World Player of the Year drilled in an angled shot after 16 minutes to have an equal record with the German's record before adding a second with a shot driven low in the 25th minute to set the new mark. Now he has made the newest goal in 2012. 

Messi's path to the record has included 74 goals for Barcelona and 12 for Argentina in 66 games. He could still add to his final tally, with the striker set to feature in two league matches and one King's Cup tie before the end of the year.

Nicknamed "The Flea" for his small frame, Messi passed Cesar Rodriguez's 57-year-old milestone of 232 goals to become Barcelona all-time leading scorer.

Have you ever played on a soccer team? If not, any other sport? How do you feel when you get a point for your team? Do you have any favorite athletes? 

Jackie Chan

I don't know if you have heard of him but Jackie Chan's world record just doubled. Jackie Chan is now recognized for most stunts by a living actor and most credits in one movie. He was just presented with two Guinness World Record certificates during an event in Shanghai. At this event, Jackie Chan said, "Achieving these Guinness World Records titles is recognition of all my life's work." What he said is exactly true. This major accomplishment reflects Chan's amazing career in which he as nearly lost his life many times and broken many bones. Many people commented on this achievement including someone saying, "nobody has risked more in the name of entertainment than Jackie Chan and this world record is a tribute both to his creativity and his endurance."

Over Jackie Chan's fifty-year career, he has appeared in over 100 domestic as well as international movies. Including, Police Story in 1985, Around the World in 80 Days in 2004, The Rush Hour series in 1998-2007, at the age of eight Big and Little Wrong Tin Bar in 1962, and his latest movie was The Karate Kid in 2011.

In all of Chan's productions, he performs all his own stunts. Also, no insurance company will underwrite these productions. However, after a number of stuntmen were injured during the process of making one of the many productions he is in, Police Story, the star formed the Jackie Chan Stuntmen Association, training the stuntmen personally and paying for their medical bills out of his own pocket.



What do you think of Jackie Chan and his productions if you have ever seen one? Would you ever want to be an actor/actress? If you were to ever recieve a major award what would you want to be awarded for and why?