Minnesota family dubbed world’s tallest

Guinness World Records announced the world’s tallest family is a Minnesota clan of five, with an average height of 6 feet, 8.03 inches.

Parents Scott (6 feet, 8 inches) and Krissy (6 feet, 3 inches) Trapp passed their vertical gifts down to kids Savanna Trapp-Blanchfield (6 feet, 8 inches), 27; Molly Steede (6 feet, 6 inches), 24; and Adam Trapp (7 feet, 3 inches), 22.

All three of the Trapp children were active in sports and were recruited for colleges to play basketball and volleyball. The family is proud of their heights, and of their Guinness World Record.

“There is joy and freedom in embracing who you are,” Savanna Trapp-Blanchfield said. “Rock what you got. There is nobody else like you and that is fantastic.”

Five bears discovered underneath a house

A California homeowner who heard a rumbling coming from under her house during winter was shocked when spring arrived and five bears were found living underneath the home.

The residents of the house told animal rescue group, the BEAR League, that they had heard a rumbling sound under the home during winter that sounded like snoring.

They discovered the sound was not their imagination when spring arrived, and they heard the unmistakable sounds of a mother bear waking up under the house. The mother bear had given birth to three cubs last year and ended up adopting a fourth cub that had been orphaned.

“It was quite the scene to watch the four yearling cubs emerge from the opening and join together on the other side of the fence to venture forth into 2022,” the BEAR League wrote.

Record ‘elephant’s toothpaste’ chemical reaction

Guinness World Records said KiwiCo, a company specialising in science and math-based toys, created the massive reaction known as “elephant’s toothpaste: by combining a solution of hydrogen peroxide and detergent dish soap with potassium iodide, which resulted in a massive amount of foam. It created a reaction that was as big as 12,095 cubic feet, and 1,692.7 cubic inches.

The previous record of 461 cubic feet, 967 cubic inches was set during the taping of an episode of ABC’s Live with Kelly and Ryan.

World’s largest belt buckle unveiled

A Montana-based company broke a Guinness World Record when it unveiled a giant belt buckle measuring nearly 15 feet across, in Texas.

Montana Silversmiths, based in Columbus, Mont., had the belt buckle shipped to its Dallas showroom in four parts, and the pieces were then assembled.

The massive belt buckle, a replica of the company’s most popular buckles, measured 10 feet and 6 inches tall and 14 feet and 6.4 inches wide.

The “Big Horn trophy” buckle features the silhouette of a cowboy with golden flowers, silver stars and the company’s signature silver filigree.

“We are paying homage to a quintessential piece of the West and cowboy way of life,” said Judy Wagner, Montana Silversmiths’ chief marketing officer.

Published in Dawn, Young World, May 7th, 2022