Garrett McNamara surfs a 90-foot wave in Nazare, Portugal -- a world record.
posted by chavenet on Nov 10, 2011 - 11 comments

Take the world's hottest peppers, rub them in your eyes and then eat 51 of them in world record attempt. Mere mortals blanch at one or two (language in this last link unsurprisingly NSFW).
posted by caddis on Apr 10, 2009 - 42 comments