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• On April 5, Don Muchow, 59, of Plano, Texas, completed the 2,761-mile journey he began on Feb. 1, 2020, running from Disneyland in California to Walt Disney World in Florida, to raise awareness of Type 1 diabetes, which he has.
He originally planned to complete his Mouse-to-Mouse run in a little over three months, The Orange County Register reported, but COVID-19 changed that, and while Muchow still completed the run in about 90 days, those days were spread out over 14 months as he adjusted for the pandemic.
"I never considered quitting even once," Muchow said. "I want every single person with Type 1 diabetes to see that we can still dream big." [Orange County Register, 4/3/2021]
• Ayanna Williams of Houston achieved a Guinness World Record for the longest fingernails grown by a woman in 2017, when her nails measured 19 feet.
In early April, Williams visited a dermatology clinic in Fort Worth to have the nails cut off -- her first trim since the 1990s -- but not before measuring them again: 24 feet, a length that required a manicure lasting several days, using three to four bottles of nail polish, CNN reported.
"With or without my nails, I will still be the queen," Williams said.
The nails were preserved and will be on display at the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum in Orlando, Florida. [CNN, 4/8/2021]