Woman’s 5-foot, 8-inch mullet earns world record

Tami Manis, 58, from Tennessee, the US, who keeps the front and sides of her hair short but hasn’t cut the back since February 9, 1990, earned the Guinness World Record for the longest competitive mullet. At a record 5 feet, 8 inches long, Manis took second place in the ‘femullet’ category at the 2022 US Mullet Championships, earning her a $300 prize.

Then she learned shortly after the contest that Guinness World Records had opened a category for the longest competitive mullet and she went through a long application process, but it was all worth it when she received a certificate. She will be showcased in the 2024 edition of Guinness World Records.

2.02-pound peach might be a new world record

Brian Cox, owner of Black Bear Orchards in Palisade, Colorado said some of his workers discovered the unusually large peach earlier this week.

“We made a contest with the guys so the guys were flagging the biggest peaches that they were finding writing their names on them. The prizes are $1,000 for the guy and $1,000 for the crew,” Cox told.

The peach weighed in at 2.02 pounds, which Cox soon discovered was considerably larger than the current Guinness World Record of 1.75 pounds. It seems that the record is broken, but final verdict is yet not issued.

Two arrested for damaging the Great Wall of China

Chinese authorities have apprehended two construction workers accused of using an excavator to create a shortcut through a section of the Great Wall in central Shanxi province. The damaged wall, dating back to the Ming Dynasty, was located in Youyu county. Local police identified the suspects as a 38-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman. They explained that they dug the hole to reduce the distance their excavator had to travel for construction work. Unfortunately, the section of the wall has been deemed ‘damaged beyond repair.’

The Great Wall of China is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and spans approximately 13,000 miles, with construction spanning centuries.

Koala steals $3,800 worth of plants from nursery

The identity of a mystery thief responsible for eating $3,800 worth of plants from an Australian nursery was revealed when the culprit, a koala, gorged himself too much to flee.

The staff at Eastern Forest Nursery in the Lismore area of New South Wales, noticed plants going missing a few months ago, and they initially suspected some escaped goats or local possums were behind the thefts. The mystery was finally solved when they found a koala had overeaten.

“I guess that day he must have had a really big feed and was too tired to go back to his tree,” said Herington, the owner of the nursery. The World Wildlife Fund, which supports the nursery, shared a photo of the koala, dubbed Claude.

Claude was wrapped in a towel and moved to a nearby tree.

Published in Dawn, Young World, September 23th, 2023