DailyDirt: Winners And Record Holders

from the urls-we-dig-up dept

Wed, Jun 1st 2011 5:00pm — Michael Ho

There are plenty of world records that no one really cares about -- but it's still entertaining to see folks keeping track of some weird records and winning contests that are just a bit bizarre. Here are some real winners, depending on your point of view.

Don Gorske has claimed the title of having eaten the most Big Macs in a lifetime -- with over 25,000 consumed over 39 years. So as long as you don't supersize your order... [url]
The 24th Annual National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest was won by a contraption called "The Time Machine" -- which used 244 steps to re-create the universe from the big bang until the 2012 apocalypse. Surely, though, the record could be broken by daisy-chaining together all the entries... [url]
The Best Illusion of the Year Contest has named its top ten finalists for 2011. But it's hard to see which one is the best. [url]
To find some other online challenges and games, check out what StumbleUpon has found to play. [url]

By the way, StumbleUpon can also recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

Filed Under: big macs, contests, illusions, rube goldberg
Companies: guinness, mcdonalds

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Anonymous Coward, 1 Jun 2011 @ 8:04pm

"The Time Machine"?

Oh noes, the MAFIAA's dreams just came true!
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 1 Jun 2011 @ 8:19pm

And The World �Hide-And-Seek� Record Holder Is ...
... nowhere to be found.
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slander (profile), 1 Jun 2011 @ 8:26pm

Best Illusion of the Year...
They refused my nomination of the Obama administration's Illusion of Transparency. Bastards.
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Jimr (profile), 2 Jun 2011 @ 6:19am

The Best Illusion are a sight to behold
Not sure why on Earth any would eat 25,000 of anything let alone Big Macs. I am shocked that they are still alive.

Thanks to the urls-we-dig-up dept for these one.
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- Michael Ho (profile), 2 Jun 2011 @ 4:20pm
  
  Re: The Best Illusion are a sight to behold
  Jimr -- 25,000 Big Macs.. not all at once! :P
  
  I wonder what other foods people might unconsciously eat 25,000 of -- maybe M&Ms?
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