92.9 Jack FM -- Playing What We Want » World Records http://929jackfm.com Playing What We Want Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Original 'Calvin and Hobbes' Artwork Sells for Record-Breaking Amount http://929jackfm.com/calvin-and-hobbes-artwork-sale/ http://929jackfm.com/calvin-and-hobbes-artwork-sale/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:55:55 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=167180 We've been mourning the sad loss of 'Calvin and Hobbes' ever since cartoonist Bill Watterson stopped producing the beloved comic strip in 1995. But apparently the strip hasn't gone completely forgotten, since a piece of original 'Calvin and Hobbes' artwork recently broke a record at auction by selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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]]> http://929jackfm.com/high-school-punter-boots-the-ball-96-yards/feed/ 0 One Man Hopes to Lick the Record for the World's Longest Tongue http://929jackfm.com/one-man-hopes-to-lick-the-record-for-the-worlds-longest-tongue-photo/ http://929jackfm.com/one-man-hopes-to-lick-the-record-for-the-worlds-longest-tongue-photo/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:30:32 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://thefw.com/?p=94642 Two tongues enter, and only one tongue leaves with the world record for the longest tongue.

]]> http://929jackfm.com/one-man-hopes-to-lick-the-record-for-the-worlds-longest-tongue-photo/feed/ 0 Harley Peters, Getty RecordSetter Picks Their 15 Best and Craziest World Records of 2011 [VIDEOS] http://929jackfm.com/best-world-records-of-2011/ http://929jackfm.com/best-world-records-of-2011/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:00:43 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=75370 Thanks to the website RecordSetter, which allows folks to invent a world record in anything, many a wacky record was set and/or broken in 2011.

]]> http://929jackfm.com/best-world-records-of-2011/feed/ 0 RecordSetter Cuban Strives to Beat World Record With 268-Foot Cigar! [VIDEO] http://929jackfm.com/cuban-strives-to-beat-world-record-with-268-foot-cigar-video/ http://929jackfm.com/cuban-strives-to-beat-world-record-with-268-foot-cigar-video/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 16:00:44 +0000 Jack FM Staff http://929jackfm.com/?p=13295 Last month, Cuban native Jose Castelar set out to break his own record for the world’s largest cigar.

Castelar began the project at the end of April and, with the help of assistants, finished the super-cigar on Tuesday.

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