world records

This past weekend, Duplantis set a yet another pole vault world record with a vault of 20 feet, 7 inches.

We took a look to see what Guinness World Records were held by people in Louisiana or achieved in Louisiana and found some pretty off-beat and amazing records you probably didn't know existed.

Yes, Louisiana does hold the record for the largest jambalaya, but the Pelican State also holds world records for some pretty bizarre things.

I remember going out to the woods to cut our Christmas tree. My brothers and I would always try to find the tallest tree possible. My parents living room had 18 foot cathedral ceilings so we would try to find a tree to reach the top.

In case you completely avoided all contact with the internet yesterday, Felix Baumgartner's jump from 128,100 feet about Earth was a success.

Thanks to the website RecordSetter, which allows folks to invent a world record in anything, many a wacky record was set and/or broken in 2011. Some of our favorite RecordSetter marks this year include the record  for two girls slapping each other with pizza, the record for most time spent simultaneously juggling, eating and balancing on “rola bola” and the man who set a world record for most quar