Honolulu - Gladys Burrill wasn't thinking about breaking a world record when she power-walked and jogged through the Honolulu Marathon at age 92.

火奴鲁鲁电—92岁的格拉迪丝·伯里尔间或暴走，间或慢跑完成了火奴鲁鲁马拉松比赛。她根本没想到自己打破了世界记录。

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Guinness World Records recognized the university students for breaking the previous record of 240 hours set in 2009 by a group of women from Miami Dade College.

吉尼斯世界纪录协会承认这些大学生打破了2009年由美国迈阿密戴德学院的一群女生创造的连续朗读240小时的纪录。

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Each rise of a skyscraper breaking the world record tends to be followed by an economic downturn.

每一幢刷新世界纪录的摩天大楼的崛起，往往都伴随着经济的衰退。

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Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia set a new World Championship record in the men's 10,000 meters, breaking the tape in 26 minutes,46.31 seconds.

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Skydiving pro Felix Baumgartner on Sunday successfully jumped 24 miles to Earth, breaking a world record set more than 50 years ago.

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In 2001, more than 40 million people gathered on the main bathing day at Allahabad, breaking a world record for the biggest human gathering.

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Last year, arrivals from western Europe dropped by 3%, despite the attractions of a weaker dollar and a record-breaking year for world tourism.

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