{"id":1436,"date":"2016-01-19T03:42:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T19:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/19\/the-mountain-from-game-of-thrones-carries-fridges-like-you-carry-shopping-bags\/"},"modified":"2016-01-19T03:42:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T19:42:42","slug":"the-mountain-from-game-of-thrones-carries-fridges-like-you-carry-shopping-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/19\/the-mountain-from-game-of-thrones-carries-fridges-like-you-carry-shopping-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mountain from &#039;Game of Thrones&#039; carries fridges like you carry shopping bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thor-bjornsson-refrigerators\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzE4LzExL1Rob3JCam9ybnNzLmI0MmQwLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/4ea12457\/edf\/Thor-Bjornsson-refrigerators.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=The+Mountain+from+%27Game+of+Thrones%27+carries+fridges+like+you+carry+shopping+bags&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F18%2Fgame-of-thrones-mountain-guinness-record%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F01%2F18%2Fgame-of-thrones-mountain-guinness-record%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re hoping\u00a0to set a Guinness world record, &#8220;fastest 20 meters carrying two refrigerators&#8221; is probably not the best place to start as <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> actor Thor Bj\u00f6rnsson has that one locked down.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old\u00a0Icelandic strongman set the record on the first episode of\u00a0<em>Guinness World Records Italian Show<\/em>, carrying two fridges and the frame built to hold them \u2014 a combined weight of 992 pounds\u00a0\u2014 a full 20-meter distance in 19.60 seconds. 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