Universal Record Database - The definitive site for human achievement
This website is really cool. At least I think it is. It allows anyone, anywhere to set any "universal record" that they want, as long as there is documentation and a witness. Site users vote on the validity and also the simple coolness of the record. No attempt is too ridiculous, no record to narrow or specific. That's it. That's the whole purpose of the site. I remember when I was a kid, probably around 10 years old, I thought that I should try to set the Guinness World Record for playing Monopoloy. I don't know exactly why I settled on that idea, or even what the record was, but it seemed like a really good idea at the time. It's worth mentioning that this is actually a category on the URDB, with the record time checking in at a robust 54 hours. I don't think I'm going to give that record a shot any more.
But I definitely think I should try something. As is abundantly clear after looking at the website, it can be anything. Almost literally. Cameron Diaz (yes, that Cameron Diaz) set a universal record for bunny snuggling in a hammock on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. I don't know what I like about this best: the record subject itself, the fact that Cameron Diaz, of all people, set it...or that her record has already been broken.
Anyway, I have to set a universal record. Any great ideas?
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