Former Cal Quarterback Joe Ayoob, who started nine games for the Bears while Nate Longshore was out on an injury back in 2005, can now add "World Record Arm" to his list of accolades. Over the weekend at McClellan Air Force Base, Ayoob threw a paper airplane designed by "Paper Airplane Guy" John Collins for a record-breaking 226 feet and 10 inches. Joe's throw beat the previous record of 207 feet and four inches by almost 20 feet. more ›

A Facebook post by Tracey Hodgson and Cathy Matthews won the Guinness Book of World Record for having received a whopping 1 million comments. It does not, however, make any sense. The update in question was posted to an open Facebook group, called "Ffgpioneers/gwr/attempt," created exclusively to beat the commenting record. It reads: more ›

To honor Jerry Garcia at tonight's Giants game, Grateful Dead member Mickey Hart will conduct more than "7,000 kazoo-tooting fans" in playing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record. Today, August 9th, marks the anniversary of Garcia's death. The game will also boast a national anthem performance by Grateful Dead member Bob Weir. (Psst, if the mood should strike, you can still buy tickets at sfgiants.com/specialevents or just call 415-972-2233.) [CBS 5] more ›

San Francisco is really behind on the inane most-expensive food item trend. Serendipity-3, a restaurant in New York, just unveiled to the public (well, mainly for the benefit of Guinness World Records) the world's most expensive dessert. The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate was declared the most expensive dessert in the world on Wednesday by Guinness World Records. The dessert is a frozen, slushy mix of cocoas from 14 countries, milk and 5 grams of 24-carat... more ›