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1. Albania

Largest Toothpick MosaicThe largest toothpick mosaic was 8m2 (86.11 sq. feet) by Saimir

Strati (Albania) and displayed at

the Arbnori International

Centre of Culture, Tirana,Albania on 4 September 2007.

The artist used 1.5 milliontoothpicks and worked 40

days to achieve this record.

2. Austria Tallest tower built from dominoes in 5 minutesWithin the allotted time of 5 minutes, Thomas Jautz (Austria)

built a domino tower with a height of 108 layers (2.59 m tall) atthe first Mr.Domino Open Domino Building Championships on 7

November 2009 at Woerden (Netherlands).

3. Biggest hand-rolled snowballThe largest snowball had a circumference of 6.72 m. In an eventorganized by Pitztaler Gletscherbahnen, the Pitztal tourist board

and the internet platform dooogy.com, it took seven hours to roll

the big snowball on 11 February 2010 in Pitztal, Austria.

4. Belarus Most coins balanced on the edge of a single coinThe record for the largest number of coins balanced on the edge

of a single vertical coin is 880, achieved by Alexander Bendikov

(Belarus) on 15 November 1995.

5. Belgium Largest Cut DiamondThe world's largest cut diamond isan unnamed Fancy Black,

containing small red diamond

crystals. It weighs 555.55 caratsand was polished into 55 facets

over several years and completed

in June 2004. The repetitive use of the number five is culturally significant in the Islamic world, and

was inspired by Ran Gorenstein (Belgium), who also

commissioned this creation.

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6. Largest Spirit TastingThe largest spirit tasting wasachieved by 2,252 participants in

an event organised by Whisky

Unlimited in Gent, Belgium, on 31

January 2009.

7. Largest Disco BallThe largest mirrored disco ball measures 7.35 m (24 ft 1.3 in) in

diameter and was made by Raf Frateur of Frateur Events. The ball was displayed during a party at the club "Studio 54" in

Antwerp, Belgium, on July, 20th 2007.

8. Croatia Largest Appendix RemovedThe longest appendix measured 26 cm (10.24 in) when it was

removed from 72-year-old Safranco August (Croatia) during anautopsy at the Ljudevit Jurak University Department of

Pathology, Zagreb, Croatia, on 26 August 2006.

Ivana Pavic performed the autopsy and Alma Dubravic attended.The appendix is a long, thin, worm-like pouch sticking out of the

join between the large and small intestines. Doctors are still not

sure of its purpose - or even if it has a purpose - and although itcontains immune-system cells, if it's surgically removed, health

doesn't suffer.

9. Czech

Republic Fastest Underwater Handcuff EscapeThe fastest time to escape from a pair of handcuffs underwater is

10.66 seconds, completed by Zdenek Bradac (Czech Republic) atthe Jablonec swimming pool in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech

Republic, on 9 September 2009.

10. Fastest time to arrange 52 shuffled playing cardsZdenek Bradac (Czech Republic) sorted adeck of 52 shuffled playing cards in only

36.1 seconds in Sheffield Castle College,

South Yorkshire (UK) on 15 May 2008.

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11. Denmark Largest Cardboard

BoxThe largest cardboard box

measured 11.53 m x 4.61 m

x 2.31 m (37 ft 10 in x 15 ft

1.5 in x 7 ft 7 in), it wasdesigned and manufactured

by students of AarhusBusiness College in Aarhus,

Denmark, on 30 October 2007.

12. Oldest Tandem Parachute Jump (Female)Estrid Geertsen (Denmark, b.

August 1, 1904) made a

tandem parachute jump on

September 30, 2004 from analtitude of 4,000 m (13,100 ft)

over Roskilde, Demark, at the

age of 100 years 60 days.

13.

Most Ferrero Rocher chocolates eaten

in one minuteThe most Ferrero Rocher chocolates eaten in

one minute is seven and was achieved by Jim

Lyngvild (Denmark) live on TV2 Denmark'sGo? Aften Danmark in Copenhagen, Denmark,

on 10 October 2008.

14. France Strangest DietMichel Lotito (aka Monsieur Mangetout) from Grenoble,

France, has been eating

metal and glass since 1959.Gastroenterologists have

described his ability to

consume 900 g (2 lb) of metal per day as "unique".Mangetout - Michel's nickname - literally translates as "eats

everything". Michel says bananas and hard-boiled eggs make

him sick.



15. Germany Largest Collection Of PenguinsThe largest collection of penguins belongs to

Birgit Berends of

Germany, with 5,098

different items, as of 12March 2008, which she

has been collecting since1990.

Her favourite penguin is

a real living penguin

named Alfred whom she has adopted in the Cuxhaven Kurpark inGermany.

16.

Largest Parade of BMW CarsA total of 178 BMW Isetta cars took part

in a parade organised by Maren Bohl

(Germany) in Rödental near Coburg,Germany, on 23 August 2008.

The Isetta was a small BMW car produced during the 1950's with

three wheels (two front, one back) and a front entrance.

17. Fastest Handcuff EscapeThe fastest handcuff escape is 1.66 secand was achieved by Zdenek Bradac

(Czech Republic) in Hamburg, Germany,

on 6 June 2009. The handcuff was provided by an official police officer and he has present for the

attempt.

18. Longest Cartoon Strip (team)The longest cartoon strip made by a groupmeasured 238.4 m (782 ft 2 in) in length and

was made by 596 artists during the 2003

Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany betweenOctober 10-12, 2003.



19. Largest CatalogueThe largest fashion cataloguehad 212 pages measuring 1.2 m x

1.5m (3 ft 11 in x 4 ft 11 in)

and was a replica of the Bon

Prix S2 catalogue Voila! whenunveiled in Hamburg, Germany

on August 30, 2003.

20. Largest Single Printed

LithographThe world's largest lithograph

measured 11.25 m (36.9 ft) by1.25 m (4.1 ft). It was

constructed by Mario Derra

(Germany) in a chalk quarry in

Worms (Germany) in August2002.

21. Longest Model TrainAn HO (1:87.1) scale model train

measuring 110.3 m ( 361 ft 10 in) made

up of 3 locomotives of type "lore" and887 carriages was constructed by

Miniature Wunderland in Hamburg,

Germany, on November 27, 2005. If themodel had been a full-scale train it would

have measured 9.607 km (5.969 miles)

long.

22. Greece Largest Container of

Body CreamThe world's largest container

of body cream, measuring 2 m

(6 ft 6.7 in) in diameter, 53 cm(1 ft 8.8 in) high and holding

1,124,490 ml (247.4 gal /

323.476 US gallons) of

NIVEA Creme, was created by Beiersdorf Hellas and unveiled inAthens, Greece on December 15, 2001.

23. Longest Graffiti ScrollThe longest graffiti scroll measured700.92 m (2,299 ft 7 in) and was

achieved by 'To hamogelo tou

pediou' in an event organized by



Anemos Events in Kerkyra, Greece, on 15 December 2008.

24. Hungary Youngest Composer of a

MusicalAdám Lörincz (Hungary, b. 1 June

1988) was aged 14 years 76 dayswhen his 92-minute musical, Star of the King was performed on August

16, 2002 in Szekesfehervar,

Hungary.

25. Most Sheep Shorn in 8 Hours -

Manual (Ewes)The record for the most sheep shorn

manually with scissors/handblade in 8

hours is 50 by János Marton of Hungary.Marton completed his challenge, without

any breaks, on April 26, 2003 at

Hódmezovásárhely Animal HusbandryShow, Hódmezovásárhely, Hungary.

26. Ireland Largest gathering of

Santa ClausThousands descended on

Guildhall Square in DerryCity, Northern Ireland, on

September 9, 2007, to help

break the world record for the Largest gathering of

Santa Clauses. A total of

12,965 people dressed up as Santa or Santa's helper to smash the previous record of 3,921, which was set during the Santa Dash

event in Liverpool City Centre on December 4, 2005. The Derry

record attempt, arranged by Martin Mullan, helped to raise over £100,000 for local charities as well as bring an early splash of

festive colour to the city center.

27. Fastest Time to Pluck a

TurkeyVincent Pilkington of Cootehill,County Cavan, Republic of



Ireland, plucked a turkey in 1 minute 30 seconds on November

17, 1980. His past best time was 2 minutes 44 seconds. Vincentis so enthusiastic about his skills that he even carried out 24

hours of turkey plucking to raise funds for his local Holy Family

School. In this time he plucked 244 turkeys.

28. Largest Parade of Horse-

Drawn CarriagesThe largest parade of horse-drawing carriages was achieved

by 265 carriages at Tipperary

Racecourse, Limerick, Ireland,

on 3 August 2008.

29. Italy Smallest Purpose-Built Cinema in OperationThe Cinema dei Piccoli was

built by Alfredo Annibali

(Italy) in 1934 in the park of Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy

and today covers an area of

71.52 m² (769.83 ft²).Restored in 1991, the cinema

has 63 seats, a 5 x 2.5 m (16.4 x

8,2 ft) screen, stereo sound and air-conditioning.

30. Largest Parade of Yamaha MotorcyclesA total of 206 Yamahamotorcycles (all TDM

models) took part in a parade

organised by TDMitalia atSantamonica International

racetrack at Misano

Adriatico, Italy, on July 19,2003, as part of the Yamaha

Fest 2003.



31.

Largest Parade of Fiat CarsThe record for the largest parade of Fiat

cars is 500 and was organised by Fiat 500Club Italia between Villanova d’Albenga

and Garlenda in Italy on July 9, 2006.

32.

Lightest ChairThe lightest chair weighs 0.617 kg (1.36

lbs) and was designed by Massimiliano

Della Monaca (Italy). It was presented andweighed in Marina di Carrara, Italy, on 30

October 2008.

33. Latvia Longest Contra LineThe longest contra line was

achieved by 2,208 participants at the Riga

Technical University of

Latvia, in Latvia, on 25October 2008.

34. Liechtenstein Fastest time to run a Marathon backwardsKerstin Mennenga-Metzler (a native of Liechtenstein, butstarting for Switzerland) finished the Rome Marathon on 16

March 2008 in a time of 4:42:39 hours while running backwards.

35. Netherlands Largest Parade of Mopeds

(motorcycles Under 50cc)The record for the largest paradeof mopeds is 674 and was

achieved on an event organised by De Bromvliegers betweenVeghel and Zijtaart in The

Netherlands, on 14 August

2005.

36. Longest BicycleThe longest true bicycle, that



is one with only two wheels and no stabilizers, was 28.1 m (92 ft

2 in) long and was built by members of Gezelschap Leeghwater,the mechanical engineering students' association at Delft

University of Technology. The bicycle was ridden for a distance

in excess of 100 m (328 ft) at Delft, The Netherlands on

December 11, 2002.

37.

Most to parachute from a

balloon simultaneouslyA total of 20 members from the

Paraclub Flevo of Lelystad, The

Netherlands, jumped from a ballonsimultaneously at 2,000 m (6,500 ft)

over Markelo, The Netherlands, on

May 10, 2003.

38. Norway

Longest Marathon

Church Organ

Playing

The longest church organmarathon lasted for 36 hr 3

min and was achieved by Nina Irslinger (Norway) at

the Evje church in Evje, Norway, on 4 and 5 April 2009.

39. Oldest Married Couple - Aggregate AgeKarl Dølven (Norway, b. 31 August 1897) married Gudrun Haug

(Norway, b. 14 October 1900) at Hole, Norway, on 4 June 1927.

They remained married until Gudrun's death on 24 April 2004.At this time Gudrun was aged 103 years 193 days and Karl was

106 years 237 days - an aggregate age of 210 years 65 days .

40. Portugal Largest Human

LogoOn July 24, 1999 a total of



34,309 people organized by Realizar Eventos Especias, gathered

at the National Stadium of Jamor, Lisbon, Portugal, to create thePortuguese logo for Euro2004, as part of the successful

Portuguese bid to UEFA to hold the European football

championships in 2004.

The kicking leg of the player in the logo was composed of 651gymnasts wearing black and white capes, which when swapped

over, created the illusion of the player kicking the ball. Once the ball was kicked, it released 10,000 red and green helium balloons

- the colours of the Portuguese flag.

As part of the bid, the crowd shouted 'Portugal we love football'

and sang the national anthem.

41. Romania Memory - Binary Numbers - 30 MinutesLoredana Feuchter (Romania) memorised 3,390 binary digits in

30 minutes at the German Memory Championships 2004

42. Russia Longest Journey

by TractorVasilii Hazkevich (Russia) covered 21,199 km (13,172 miles) on

an unmodified tractor from April 25 - August 6, 2005, starting

and finishing in Vladimir, Russia.

43. Spain The Largest Card Game Tournament

The largest card game tournament consisted of 512 pairs playing Mus and was achieved by

Mostoles City Hall, in

Móstoles, Madrid, Spain, on 5-6 September 2008.

Mus is a popular card

game played throughoutSpain, it is played in pairs and

the art of bluffing is a crucial

strategy. The tournament was astraight knock-out format with half the number of pairseliminated each round. The tournament started at 9.30 pm and

did not finish until 1.30 pm the following afternoon.

The winning pair were local residents Enrique MartinezEspinosa and Francisco Javier Lopez Martinez.

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44. Longest Journey on a

Quadbike (ATV)Josh and Anna Hogan (USA)

covered 27,141 km (16,865 miles) on2 Top 1 450 Quads (ATV) from 24

August 2007 to 27 March 2008,

starting in Mombassa, Kenya and finishing in Elche, Spain,

passing through 17 countries in the process.

45. Fastest Rap MCThe fastest rap MC is Chojin (a.k.a Domingo Edjang Moreno)

(Spain) who rapped 921 syllables in one minute on the set of 'Guinness World Records', in Madrid, Spain, on 23 December

2008.

46. Sweden Golf: Longest Single-Handed DriveCristian Sterning (Sweden) set the record for the longest single-handed drive with a carry of 282 yd at St Andrews as part of the

Charity World Record Golf Day on 18 June 2005.

47. Switzerland Highest Concrete DamGrande Dixence, on the river Dixence in Switzerland, is the

highest concrete dam in the world.It was built between 1953 and

1961 to a height of 285 m (935 ft),

with a crest length of 700 m(2,297 ft), using 5,960,000 m³

(7,800,000 yd³, 210,400,000 ft³)

of concrete.

48. Largest Parade of

BMW MotorcyclesA parade of 128 BMW C-1motorcycles took place at the

village of Einsiedeln,

Switzerland, on June 12, 2004

as part of the SwissC1:2004event.

49.

Longest Driven JourneyEmil and Liliana Schmid (Switzerland) have covered 641,115

km (398,369 miles) in their Toyota Land Cruiser since 16

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October 1984, crossing 162 countries and

territories in the process.

50. Turkey Calendar from MemoryThis record is for the greatest number of days of the week

correctly identified from random dates between 1 January 1600

and 31 December 2100. Jan van Koningsveld (Germany) brokethe record no less than four times on 12 March 2010 in Emden,

identifying 63, 66, 69 and finally even 70 dates of the week

correctly.

51. Mental Calculation, Square RootsHakan Gürbaşlar (Turkey) calculated the square roots of ten six

digit numbers in 6:37 minutes on 20 March 2010 at the Middle

East Technical University in Ankara. As required by the rules, all

results have been correct to 8 digits.

52. Ukraine Football jugglingFootball (soccer ball) control: NikolaiKutsenko from the Ukraine, juggled a

regulation soccer ball for 24 hours, 30

minutes non-stop using feet, legs and

head, without the ball ever touchingthe ground on 6 December 1995 at

Kiev.

53. Juggling 3 Clubs, BlindfoldedIryna Bilenka (Ukraine) juggled with three clubs for 1:56

minutes while being blindfolded at Panther Martial Arts Club in

Gießen (Germany) on 2 March 2007.

54. Longest Rainbow-Shaped Soap BubbleAlexander Sakhno (Ukraine)

produced a 12.8 m long soap bubblein a rainbow shape (i.e. an arc with

both ends at the bottom) on 13

October 2009 at the Eifelpark Gondorf, Germany


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55. United

KingdomOldest Message in a BottleThe oldest message in a bottle spent92 years 229 days at sea. A bottom

drift bottle, numbered 423B, was

released at 60º 50'N 00º 38'W on 25

April 1914 and recovered byfisherman, Mark Anderson of Bixter, Shetland, UK, at 60º 50'N

00º 37'W on December 10, 2006.

56. Most People Static CyclingThe record for the most people static

cycling is 412 and was achieved byEsporta Health & Fitness (UK) during

their annual conference in Gloucester,

UK, on 19 February 2009.

57. Largest Wobble Board Ensemble

The largest Wobble Board Ensemblewas achieved by 666 Members of

West Wirral Scouts at Greasby Junior

School, Wirral, on 6 July 2008.

58. Most people belly dancing simultaneouslyThe most people belly dancing simultaneously is 535 at an event

organised by BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester for Children in Need, in Malvern, UK, on 8 November 2008.

59. Fastest 100m Team Aircraft Pull - 737 ClassA team of 10 Royal Marine reserves

from all over the UK pulled a

Boeing 737-300, weighing 37tonnes (81,500 lb), a distance of 100

m (328 ft) in 43.2 seconds atManchester Airport (UK) onJanuary 27, 2001.

60. Largest Burlesque ClubThe greatest attendance to a burlesque club event was 1,630 and

was achieved by Club Noir (UK) at the Glasgow CarlingAcademy, Glasgow, UK, on 14 February 2009.



61. Smallest NewspaperThe record for the smallest newspaper measures 32 x 22 mm (1.25 x 0.86 in)

achieved by First News Newspaper in WestHorsley, Surrey, UK published on the November 8, 2007 in celebration of Guinness World Records

Day.

62.

Youngest Person to Complete a Marathon on All

Seven ContinentsThe youngest man to complete a marathon on all seven

continents is Timothy Harris (United Kingdom) (b.26 February

1983) who was 23 years 339 days when he completed theMarrakech Marathon, Marrakech, Morocco, on 28 January 2007.

Tim ran the following marathons in each continent:1. South America: K42 Patagonia Mountain Marathon, Neuquen,

Argentina

2. Oceania: Fielding Marathon, New Zealand3. Europe: Palermo Marathon, Palermo, Italy4. North America: Seattle Marathon, Seattle, USA

5. Asia: Singapore Marathon, Singapore

6. Antarctica: Antarctic Ice Marathon, Antarctica7. Africa: Marrakech Marathon, Marrakech, Morocco

63. Youngest Person to Wear Full Set of DenturesDaniel Sanchez-Ruiz (UK) was given a full set of dentures on 25

February 2005 at the age of 3 years and 301 days due to a

condition called Hypohydrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia.

64. Heaviest Car

Balanced on the

Head

It's death defying, it's

daunting and it's



downright dangerous. But England's John Evans balanced a

159.6 kg (352 lb) Mini on his head for 33 seconds at The LondonStudios, UK on May 24, 1999.

Dangling cars from his head is all in a day's work for

professional 'Head Balancer' Evans. He's balanced people, booksand beers, but the car's by far the most deadly trick - a strong

wind and it could be the end of the road for John.

This big fella has broken 25 records in 11 categories and is going

for more.

65. Most Push-Ups (Using Back of Hands) in One HourThe most push-ups using the backs of the hands in one hour is

1,940 and was set by Paddy Doyle (UK) at Stamina's Boxing Self

Defence Gym in Erin Go Bragh Sports Centre, Birmingham, UK,on November 8, 2007.

66. Side Wheel Driving Through Smallest GapA team sponsored by the Sunday Times has set a new record for

driving a car through the narrowest gap. In a 2006 Vauxhall

Astra VXR, driver Terry Grant(UK) drove on two wheels

through a gap 68 cm (26.77 in)wider than the height of the car, atthe Santa Pod Raceway,

Wellingborough, UK, on 17

October 2006

67. Largest Pedal-Powered VehicleThe largest pedal-powered vehicle is capable of carrying 104riders and was built by Alloy Fabweld in conjunction with the

Great Dunmow Round Table at Duxford Airfield,

Cambridgeshire, UK, on 22 September 2007.

The vehicle was 36.69 m (120 ft 4 in) long and had a max widthof 1.83 m (6 ft).

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