Blind South African Driver enters Guinness Book by driving at 200mph

October 7th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A 33-year-old man who was having oral sex in his car met with an accident on a Territory road, the police has said. The driver was apparently indulging in "amorous activities" when he crashed his single cab Hilux ute on Pioneer Drive in Humpty Doo.

September 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - The Aussies have managed to enter the Guinness Book of World Record, after more than 300 people, including university students, danced in robotic unison. The group broke the previous world record set by 276 people dancing like robots, when they danced on a lawn at the University of Melbourne, reports the Australian.

September 24th, 2009 LONDON - A plumber has built the world's longest motorbike measuring 46ft to enter the Guinness Book of Records. Colin Furze's 14.03 metres long vehicle beat the previous record of 9.06 metres.

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - A restaurant in the U.S. has unveiled the world's biggest burger, weighing in at more than 13 stone.

September 16th, 2009 LONDON - Irish brewery giant Guinness is celebrating its 250th birthday. The legendary Irish dry stout has grown into one of the world's biggest booze brands -proving its slogan that "good things come to those who wait".

August 27th, 2009 LONDON - The Malay government has banned Muslims from attending a Black Eyed Peas concert because it has Irish beer giant Guinness as its sponsor. The US hip-hop group are due to take to the stage near Kuala Lumpur on September 25 as part of global celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of Guinness' flagship brewery in Dublin.

August 15th, 2009 LONDON - An Indian taxi driver has become a celebrity in his own right in his hometown of Bhatinda, Punjab, all because of his special skill to drive backwards everywhere. Harpreet Dev is so famous for his reversing skills that he has even been issued with a special government licence to drive in reverse anywhere in the state, located in the county's north.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - An Indian-origin man named Guinness Rishi has planned to get tattoos of every national flag on the planet over his entire body, in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. The 67-year-old man is considering covering himself in 220 different banners in his quest to become a walking global flag-pole.

July 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese man is set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records after making a wedding dress as long as a 1,579-m train for his lady love. Zhao Peng, from Jilin, a city in Jilin province, met his soon-to-be bride on the Internet.

July 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A student team in the Virginia Tech College of Engineering is providing the blind with an opportunity many never thought possible -- the opportunity to drive. A retrofitted four-wheel dirt buggy, designed by them, uses laser range finders, an instant voice command interface and a host of other innovative, cutting-edge technology to guide blind drivers as they steer, brake, and accelerate.

July 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Love beer and have a dream to travel to the space? Well, here's your chance to fulfil your wish-just enter a new contest by the company behind the dark Irish beer Guinness.he beer bosses have reserved a seat aboard a suborbital Virgin Galactic space liner as one of three experience prizes in an online contest honouring the 250th birthday of the beer's brewery this year. Founded by British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic is a commercial space tourism company that plans to launch passengers on 200,000 dollars trips to sub-orbital space using a fleet of SpaceShipTwo spacecraft.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man is looking to catch the attention of Guinness World Records officials, believing his chicken may have broken a previous record with its large egg. Zhang Yinde, in Suiling, Heilongjiang province, has been storing the egg in his refrigerator.

May 28th, 2009 NEW YORK - A Kentucky man who keeps suing people is suing the Guinness Book of World Records for naming him the world's most litigious man. It is believed that Riches has filed over 4,000 lawsuits around the world, reports Britain's Metro newspaper, against people and entities as varied as George W.

May 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest militarized territorial dispute in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records used the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) world fact book to name the Kashmir issue, the longest dispute between two countries, The Daily Times reports.

May 1st, 2009 LONDON - The 'world's tallest man' has yet to decide if he would like the Guinness Book of Records to officially enter his name in their records. Zhao Liang, 27, who is from China, is four inches taller than the current holder of the title, 2.36-metre herdsman Bao Xishun, and he needs two beds to rest his 8ft, 1in frame, reports the Telegraph.