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TUESDAY | 10.22.24
Nothing says delight on a Tuesday afternoon like humans breaking Guinness World Records. With the year coming to a close faster than that restaurant that opened for one night only in the middle of a river, we’d like to take a look back at what’s been accomplished by some of the more ambitious humans out there. Apparently, there is such a thing as too much time on your hands.
Most chopsticks put in a beard in one minute by two people
Joel Strasser, David Rush, and Garrett Smith, 104 chopsticks
Farthest tortilla throw
Aaron Nienaber, 119 feet 3 inches
Most trees hugged in one hour by an individual
Abubakar Tahiru, 1,123 trees
First multiple amputee to climb Everest
Andrea Lanfri, missing seven fingers and both of his legs below the knee (this one’s the coolest so we put it last)
Other cool and delightful things happening in the world. Thank you for checking out today's edition of Flow's Afternoon Delight.
Introducing the pups a woof-in for the 2024 Hero Dog Awards. A round of ap-paws.
Go Small or Go Home
Vinyl player needles, butterfly wing scales, cat claws, and a bunch of other teeny tiny things our human eyes can’t see without a microscope — the winners of Nikon’s 50th Small World photomicrography competition. It’s a small world after all.
Boats n Bots
Hard to tell if it’s us getting smarter or the robots. Human or not, they’re helping us see inside a 99-year-old shipwreck in Antarctica for the first time in 3D. And we do love old boats at the bottom of the ocean. Touché, technology.
Other Good News & Happenings
Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures. No Passport necessary.
Remembering Patti McGee, the world’s first female pro skateboarder who paved the way one kickflip at a time.
A groovy lil tune to play while carving your masterpiece that definitely will look exactly like the picture this year.
