This week we enter the annuls of history as we explore what it means to be immortalized in the Guinness Book of World Records. Join us as we discuss some of the dumbest and most dangerous records ever, uh, recorded as we learn (yet again) that it's always a bad idea to break your own record.

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https://www.toptenz.net/top-10-deadliest-attempts-break-world-record.php

https://www.cracked.com/article_16893_8-guinness-world-record-attempts-that-failed-hilariously.html

https://www.therichest.com/the-biggest/fail-10-guinness-world-record-attempts-gone-wrong/

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https://www.etymonline.com/word/record#etymonline_v_7412

https://www.funkidslive.com/news/weirdest-world-records-in-new-guinness-world-records-book/

https://www.businessinsider.com/weirdest-world-records-2015-5#this-piece-of-luggage-unveiled-at-the-100th-chinese-export-commodities-fair-in-guangzhou-china-in-2006-has-been-certified-as-the-worlds-largest-by-the-guinness-world-records-and-stands-nearly-six-feet-tall-16

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/the-application-process/reasons-applications-are-rejected.html

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-confirmed-person-to-survive-two-nuclear-attacks/

https://www.businessinsider.com/weirdest-world-records-2015-5#a-group-of-1000-customers-receive-a-facial-massage-at-a-sports-center-in-jinan-china-may-4-2015-all-women-the-group-was-given-a-30-minutes-of-facial-beauty-treatment-together-that-achieved-a-guinness-record-for-the-largest-group-of-people-having-beauty-treatment-in-the-same-location-according-to-local-media-25