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Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford lands in Belgium after completing a record-breaking 52-country, five-continent flight around the world. The intrepid 19-year-old British-Belgian has become the youngest woman to circumnavigate the planet flying solo. IMAGES
Whistleblower and former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden claimed political asylum in Russia in 2013. Now, Gizmodo reports Snowden and his wife, Lindsay Mills, have obtained permanent residence there. What's more, they're seeking dual citizenship with Russia and the United States. In a tweet, Snowden said the move was to ensure the safety of his and Mills' yet-unborn son. Snowden leaked a trove of classified NSA secrets to journalists, which led to him being charged with multiple felonies under the Espionage Act. However, Russia does not have an extradition agreement with the US. No one becomes a whistleblower because they want to. No one becomes a whistleblower because it has a happy ending. Edward Snowden Interview with National Public Radio
A giant cup was filled to the brim with piping hot tea as a team of 138 culinary experts broke a Guinness World Record for the largest cup of tea in the world on Thursday. In total, the team managed to fill the cup with 5,000 liters, or about 1,320 gallons, of delicious hot tea. The karak tea was prepared out using 5,000 teabags mixed with milk, cardamom and sugar. The previous record was set in Shanghai when the pot was filled with measly 4,050 litres of tea.
Meet April Lorenzatti, the Argentinian Rapunzel and Guinness World Record holder for the longest hair on a teenager. The 17-year-old let down her luscious 5-foot-long hair as she showed it off around her home town of Villa Carlos Paz. April's ankle-length locks have drawn the attention of tourists and media alike, making her a local star. She hasn't cut her hair since age seven, and it all started after a bad haircut experience.
Almost 700 students in southern India chant Vedic hymns simultaneously for two hours in an attempt to set a world record.
Krystian Herba, a 33-year-old PE teacher from Poland, cycles up 3,139 steps in the Taipei 101 tower on his mountain bike. Rough cut (No reporter narration).