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This Guy Holds More than 100 Guinness World Records

Posted October 13, 2011 3:02 PM

From mental_floss Blog:

Trying to set the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to Hula Hoop 10k? You're going to have to beat Ashrita Furman. Mr. Furman, a 56-year-old Queens, N.Y. native, currently holds 120+ Guinness Records.

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10/13/2011 11:24 PM

pretty interesting philosophy
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10/14/2011 2:38 AM

He is having a Guinness record for holding most of Guinness records!

Pretty challenging!!

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10/14/2011 2:49 AM

Make it 101.

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10/14/2011 7:58 AM

actually was 394.. but many have been beaten by others..
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10/14/2011 9:12 AM

He's working on life skills. You never know when ninja skills like cutting apples mid air will come in handy....
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10/14/2011 12:02 PM

I'm still working on my Guinness record of how many Guinness beers I can drink before hitting the floor.

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10/14/2011 4:47 PM

"Our greatest fear shouldn't be that we won't succeed, but that we will succeed at something that doesn't matter." Dwight L. Moody

In regard to the motivational speaker statement. What is he going to motivate you towards? What would be the purpose of the motivation? There are some principles of discipline that might be learned from him but not much past that point.

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