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Antarctic rower earns 10 Guinness World Records

Austrian Lisa Farthofer has just broken her 10th Guinness World Record as the first woman to row the Southern Ocean. She's won two records on her own and eight with a team that attempted to recreate an expedition to Antarctica that took place in 1915. Farthofer goes on record to say that while their expedition was unsuccessful, the experience gave her a greater appreciation for the beauty of nature.

UK: Thief admits stealing thousands of chocolate Easter eggs

Police arrested Joby Pool, 32, Saturday under suspicion of the theft of over 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs. Pool broke into an industrial park in Telford, England, using a stolen truck to make off with a trailer filled with $38,000 worth of chocolate goods. Even though Pool had planned this robbery in advance, he surrendered after realizing that the police were onto him.

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2,400-year-old flush toilet discovered in China could be one of the oldest ever

Details of a mind-boggling find by archeologists in China have just been released. The remains of a toilet, complete with a flush pipe, from as early as 475 BC were discovered at an archaeological site in the central city of Xi'an. Prior to this discovery, John Harrington, who installed a flush toilet for Queen Elizabeth in the 1500s, was believed to be the inventor of such technology.