Records are made to be broken (and then become unbreakable again)

If you’ve followed sports at any point during your life (which you obviously have, because why would you be reading this if you haven’t), then you’ve undoubtedly heard the saying “records are made to be broken.” And indeed, they are. Someone sets a record, someone else breaks it, and then someone else after that.

Some records, though, stand for an incre…