• I just set world record as first person to drive around the world in an electric car – but one country was a nightmare

    AN EV driver who travelled around the world in a record-breaking stunt revealed which country was a total nightmare. Lexie Alford hit 27 countries and six continents in the same amount of months in

  • These Are the Oldest Websites in the World

    At this point you could probably run them on a toaster oven

  • Back on field at 58: Romario becomes oldest player in world

    For some players, age is nothing more than a number. But when contrasted with the life of Brazilian superstar Romario, the incredible tales of those top sportsmen pale in comparison. As a 58-year-old star from Brazil, Romario has accomplished a great deal. He won the World Cup with Brazil and later became a senator. He For some players, age is nothing more than a number. But when contrasted with the life of Brazilian superstar Romario, the incredible tales of those top sportsmen pale in...

  • World Press Photo winner shows "irreversible personal loss"

    A photograph documenting “irreversible personal loss” in Gaza has won the 2024 World Press Photo Contest’s top award, the Amsterdam-based organisation said on Thursday. The photo, entitled “a Palestinian woman embraces the body of her niece”, was taken by Reuter’s photographer Mohammed Salem, who also won an award in the competition 14 years ago. Salem describes this photo, taken just days after his own wife gave birth, as a “powerful and sad moment that sums up the broader sense of

  • World’s oldest known wild bird still looking for love

    The world’s oldest known wild bird was photographed at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in March.

  • World's Oldest Conjoined Twins Lori and George Schappell Dead at 62

    Lori Schappell and George Schappell, who set the Guinness World Record for being the oldest conjoined twins, have died. The 62-year-olds passed away April 7 at a hospital in their native

  • World's oldest conjoined twins Lori and George pass away at 62

    World oldest conjoined twins Lori and George (formerly Dori) Schappel have died at the age of 62.

    Holding the record of being the oldest conjoined twins in the Guinness World Records, they passed away on April 7 at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, due to undisclosed reason.

    They were not only the oldest living conjoined twins, but also oldest female conjoined twins ever, as mentioned by

  • The World’s Richest Person Is the Saudi King Salman, at around $2 Trillion

    Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The Saudi King owns the Saudi Government, which includes the world’s 4th-largest market-capitalization corporation, Aramco, which, as-of 1 April 2024, had a market capitalization of $1.98 trillion, so that if he were to have sold Aramco on that date, then he would have received around $2T for it, and could […]

  • World’s oldest living conjoined twins die in Pennsylvania, aged 62

    Lori and George Schappell were joined at the skull with separate bodies and lived on their own since the age of 24The world’s oldest living conjoined twins have died at the age of 62 in their native Pennsylvania.Lori and George Schappell died on 7 April at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, according to an obituary. A cause of death was not disclosed. Continue reading

  • Lori and George Schappell, the world's oldest living conjoined twins, dead at 62

    PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- George and Lori Schappell, who were the world's oldest living conjoined twins, died April 7 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, according to their obituary.Born Sept. 18, 1961, in West Reading, Pa., the twins were 62 years and 202 days old, nine years older than the second-oldest pair of female-born conjoined twins ever recorded, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.Lori and George were joined at the head and had separate bodies,...

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    Lori and George Schappell, world's oldest living conjoined twins, dead at 62

    George Schappell and sister Lori, of Reading, Pa., were the world's oldest

  • 111-year-old Briton, the world's oldest man, credits fish and chips for longevity

    Englishman John Alfred Tinniswood, 111, becomes the world's oldest man following the deaths of 114-year-old Venezuelan Juan Vincente Pérez and 112-year-old Gisaburo Sonobe in Japan. The two centenarians died within days of one another, reports The Guinness Book of World Records, which now profiles a man with memories preceding World War I. — Read the rest