Texas Life-Size Gingerbread House Sets New Guinness Record

The world’s largest gingerbread house has been erected on Texas A&M Traditions Club grounds, in Bryan, Texas. The 39,201.8 cubic-foot house set a Guinness World Record this year, and is helping raise funds for a local trauma center. It measures 60 feet by 42 feet and its tallest point rises 20.11 feet. The idea for the house first came to Bill Horton, managing director of the Traditions Club, in September 2012. He was watching a Food Network...

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Kipsang Sets World Record at Berlin Marathon

Kenyan Wilson Kipsang was taking part in the BMW Berlin Marathon. The 31-year-old knocked 15 seconds off the earlier world record The 31-year-old clocked a time of two hours, three minutes, 23 seconds to better the previous mark set by Patrick Makau two years ago. Fellow Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge (2:04:05) and Geoffrey Kipsang (2:06:26) finished second and third respectively. On Sunday, Wilson Kipsang of Kenya set a world record of 2 hours 3...

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