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at’s got your tongue—er, dice? Bibi the cat holds
the title for the most dice stacked on a cat’s paw,
balancing 10 on one paw. Bibi’s owner, Siew Lian Chui,
achieved the feat by carefully stacking the dice on
the feline’s paw while Bibi relaxed on the floor. In
addition to balancing objects, the kitty can also grasp
13 playing cards with one paw. Now someone just
needs to teach him how to play Go Fish.N
ot even Superman could lift this building. The Palace of the Parliament in
Romania’s capital city of Bucharest weighs ... wait for it ... over one trillion
pounds. That’s more than twice the weight of the Empire State Building. The
structure—made of steel, bronze, marble, glass, and wood—took 13 years to
build. How do you say “Whoa!” in Romanian?BY ALLI DICKECAT
DICE
ROCKS
BALANCES
THIS GUY
H
ow do you stay awake while rocking in a rocking chair
for 75 hours and three minutes? If you’re Suresh
Joachim, who holds the record for the longest time rock-
ing in a rocking chair, you talk to your family, play guitar,
and read about golf. And you definitely don’t listen to
any lullabies!Romania’s Palace
of the Parliament
has 20 floors, eight
of which are
underground.EY