How About a User-Generated Guinness Book of World Records?

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How About a User-Generated Guinness Book of World Records?

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Some random things, people have an affinity for. Like world records. Were you the 5th grader sitting in the corner during free hour, flipping through the pictures in the Guinness Book of World Records? I was. And if you're anything like me, you also play Solitaire Vegas style so you can beat your own top score (I actually had a screen shot of my top Super Solitaire score from a few weeks ago, but lucky for you, I can't find it).

So when a new website called WhatsYourRecord popped up in the Mashable inbox, I couldn't help but check it out. It's a user-generated almanac of random, and not-so-random records. There are contests, too, but WhatsYourRecord is out to become the ultimate leaderboard. Whether you can hold your breath for 3 minutes or can belch the alphabet 4 times in a row, WhatsYourRecord has a place for you.

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Once you've posted your record, others can add their records for the same task as well. Users can also add attempts, results, and comments, which are nice ways of gaining a community feel for the site. Continue exploring the site by checking out the related records, see where on the globe the records are coming from, and add votes and ratings for records and comments.

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