The Brighton Dandies

Formed in 1861, the fanciful lads featured above comprise the Brighton Swimming Club, the United Kingdom’s oldest club of its kind. Swimming enthusiasts though they were, they were also gentlemen…hence the top hats.
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Formed in 1861, the fanciful lads featured above comprise the Brighton Swimming Club, the United Kingdom’s oldest club of its kind. Swimming enthusiasts though they were, they were also gentlemen…hence the top hats.
Two men travel to Dubai to attempt a world record base jump off the world’s tallest building: the Burj Tower. Are they brave or simply stupid?

Source: Woman’s Day
Baked in Flat Rock, North Carolina in 2003 by the Immaculate Baking Company, what would soon become the world’s largest cookie extended an impressive 102 feet across (almost the width of a football field) and weighed in at a staggering 40,000 pounds (the weight of nearly 160 NFL players). Completed over the course of nearly thirteen hours using heaters and a specially-designed canopy to hold in the heat, the cookie was carved up and sold in boxes for $10 a slice to commemorate the incredible event.

Source: The Chicagoist