Austin, Texas, USA – May 30, 2017 – Austin native Richard Overton, who turned 111 years old on Thursday, May 11, sets the new world record for the Oldest living World War II veteran. Photo: Richard Overton is World’s oldest living World War II veteran, and at age 111 he still drinks, smokes, and drives his own pickup. The Guinness …
Read More »Most people conducting a DNA isolation experiment
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada – May 26, 2017 – More than 340 students from R.L. Beattie Public School in Sudbury, Ont., gathered to conduct the experiment to isolate banana DNA and set the new world record for the Most people conducting a DNA isolation experiment simultaneously. Photo: More than 340 students gathered to make World Record history, setting the world record …
Read More »Largest hedge maze
Ningbo, China – May 26, 2017 – “The Maze of the Butterfly Lovers” set two new world records: covering 33,565 square metres, it sets the new world record for the Largest permanent hedge maze; with a total of 8,375 metres it is the hedge maze with the longest length of paths. Photo: The world’s largest hedge maze in Ningbo, China. …
Read More »World’s first skydive from a drone
Riga, Latvia – May 28, 2017 – Latvian technology company Aerones created a drone that can lift heavy weights to great heights; daredevil skydiver Ingus Augstkalns was lifted 1,082 feet (330 meters) into the air by a 28-propeller drone, dropped and parachuted safely back to the Earth, thus setting the world record for the World’s First skydive from a drone. …
Read More »Fastest double ascent of Mount Everest by a woman
Kathmandu, Nepal – May 28, 2017 – Anshu Jamsenpa, 37 and the mother of two, has climbed Mount Everest twice in less than a week, thus setting the new world record for the Fastest double ascent of Mount Everest by a woman. Photo: Anshu Jamsenpa has established a new women’s record for a double ascent of the world’s highest mountain …
Read More »Hottest chilli: The Dragon’s Breath chilli
London, United Kingdom – May 24, 2017 – The ‘world’s hottest chilli’ has been unveiled at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show; The Dragon’s Breath chilli as it is known comes in at 2.4 million Scovilles (SCU), setting the new world record for the Hottest chilli. Photo: The ‘world’s hottest chilli’ has been unveiled at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower …
Read More »Most potjies cooked simultaneously: Margate Light Plane Club’s potjiekos competition
Enkanyisweni, South Africa – May 24, 2017 – Some interesting concoctions were prepared at the Margate Light Plane Club’s potjiekos competition; by having 66 potjies bubbling at once, the Club sets the new world record for the Most potjies cooked simultaneously. Photo: Some interesting concoctions were prepared at the Margate Light Plane Club’s potjiekos competition. The club broke the Guinness …
Read More »Largest cereal bowl: CBS gameshow Let’s Make a Deal sets world record
Los Angeles, California, USA – May 24, 2017 – The CBS gameshow Let’s Make a Deal set a world record by creating a massive cereal bowl as a gag prize; the massive bowl, which weighed 3,504 pounds, was featured as a “ZONK” consolation prize on the show’s “foodie” episode and sets the new world record for the Largest cereal bowl. …
Read More »Heaviest aircraft pull by a production car
Paris, France – May 10, 2017 – A Porsche Cayenne, driven by Porsche Cars Great Britain (PCGB) Technician Richard Payne, towed an Airbus A380 over a distance of 42-metres at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, to set a new World Records title for Heaviest aircraft pull by a production car, by a margin of 115-tonnes. Photo: The European-spec 2017 Cayenne …
Read More »Largest Driving License
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – May 10, 2017 – Sharjah Police has created a giant driving license which is an original copy of the driving licence of the police chief; created from the same material as the original, it measures 1.94 metres in length and 2.94 metres in width, with total area measuring 5.7 square metres, thus setting the new …
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