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Guinea pigs set two new Guinness world records!

London, August 1 (ANI): An elite team of guinea pigs has entered the Guinness Book of World Records by setting two new records.

Two-year-old Flash has won the world record for the fastest run by a guinea pig by conquering the 10metre red carpet track in 8.81 seconds.

Diesel set another world record for the longest jump by a guinea pig by leaping 20.5 centimetres between two set points.

The stunt was set up to mark this weekend's release of Disney's new film G-Force, a film about guinea pigs. The stars of the comedy are guinea pigs who are trained as spies by government agents.

Jerry Bruckheimer, well-known for his CSI stable of TV shows, is the producer behind the film.

Meanwhile, the furry friends' real life stunt took place in central London.

"It was brilliant watching them set the records. Flash was my favourite - I couldn't believe how fast he was!" Sky News quoted Katie Rellis, an eight-year-old onlooker from Rainham in Kent, as saying.

Bill Nighy, one of the stars of the film added: "Trust me, these guys have serious G-Force." (ANI)

US military blew up pigs to test body armour: Research

London, Apr.9 (ANI): American military researchers are reported to have blown up live pigs dressed in body armour in an attempt to study the link between roadside bomb blasts and brain injury. The research determined that body armour does not worsen brain injury, reports The Telegraph.Researchers strapped pigs and rats into Humvee simulators and subjected them to about 200 blasts, according to Pentagon documents and interviews obtained by USA Today.The tests were carried out over an 11-month period......
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