Eddie Hall is considered the strongest man in the world because he lifted 462 kilograms in front of Arnold Schwarzenegger at the event called "Arnolds Classic Australia" and thereby set the world record in lifting weights (the "deadlift"), thereby raising the bar by kilogram more, while the Governor's personal record was exceeded by 136 kilograms. But would he win a one-on-one with Hafthor Julius Björnsson, who recently broke another 1,000-year-old record?
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The steepest rail funicular in the world is open! It is located in Switzerland and connects the town of Schywz and the mountain village of Stoos. Here, the funicular climbs to 1,300 meters above sea level with a 110% gradient (for every 100 meters of length, it can climb 110 meters in height). Experts assessed the project as an extremely great success of modern engineering.
A new Guinness Book of Records has been published with the year 2017. Among the 4,000 new records that have further thickened this bible of records (from 1955 to the present, more than 136 million copies have been sold), there were also seven Slovenian achievements. Among other things, we now officially own the chocolate record with the largest area, the record for the longest distance traveled on a stationary bike, and the indoor 800 meter run record.
Volvo's truck development department is not kidding! Well, sometimes a little bit. Do you remember the famous Jean-Claude Van Damme action hero string between two of their trucks? Or when they let a kid play with their truck like it was a remote control toy? Now they want to break two speed records with the powerful Volvo Iron Knight truck. We will find out whether they will succeed on August 24, 2016!