Kizhakkambalam, India – May 8, 2017 – More than 6,500 women from 21 different states danced their way to the Book of world records by performing ‘Thiruvathirakkali’, Kerala’s popular dance form, in Kizhakkambalam, thus setting the new world record for the Largest ‘Thiruvathirakkali’ dance. Photo: The 16-minute performance, has been adjudged the largest Thiruvathira ever held with a total of …
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Torrance, California, USA – May 9, 2017 – A custom-made, 2,000 horsepower Toyota Land Cruiser piloted by former NASCAR driver Carl Edwards reached a GPS-verified and video-documented 230.02 mph, thus setting the new world record for the Fastest SUV. Photo: A Toyota Land Cruiser has become the fastest SUV in the world after clocking 230mph on a 2.5-mile runway at …
Read More »Most motorcycle engines started simultaneously
Koronadal City, Philippines – May 9, 2017 – A total of 3,336 motorcycle riders converged along a stretch of the main highway and joined the world record attempts for the “most number of motorcycle engines started simultaneously and motorcycle horns sounded simultaneously. Photo: A total of 3,336 motorcycle riders converged along a stretch of the main highway here and joined …
Read More »Most people crocheting simultaneously
Singleton, New South Wales, Australia – May 8, 2017 – More than 600 people with crochet hooks and yarn at the ready crammed into Singleton Civic Centre, in a bid to set the world record for the most people crocheting simultaneously. Photo: More than 600 people with crochet hooks and yarn at the ready crammed into Singleton Civic Centre, in …
Read More »Largest gathering of people dressed as cats
Sarawak, Malaysia – May 8, 2017 – A total of 440 people, clad in full cat costumes – complete with ears and tail, participated in the event held in conjunction with this year’s Asean International Film Festival and Awards (AIFFA 2017), thus setting the new world record for the Largest gathering of people dressed as cats. Photo: Sarawak, Malaysia, has …
Read More »Largest game of freeze tag
Marquette, Michigan, USA – April 29, 2017 – Northern Michigan University has freeze tagged its way into the record books; with weather anchor Al Roker in attendance and NBC’s “Today” broadcasting live from Marquette, 634 people piled into the Superior Dome to break the Guinness World Record for the largest game of freeze tag. Photo: Northern Michigan University students crushed …
Read More »Largest Chocolate Truffle
Mount Pleasant, Texas, USA – April 25, 2017 – A Mount Pleasant chocolate manufacturer succeeded in breaking the Guinness World Record for “Largest Chocolate Truffle”; the Sweet Shop USA made a chocolate truffle weighing 2,368 lbs., measures 3’5′ tall and is 12’2″ in diameter, thus setting the new world record for Largest Chocolate Truffle. Photo: Sweet Shop USA had to …
Read More »Longest Love Poem
Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia – April 23, 2017 – “Marína” is a great work of a love and reflective poetry in Slovak literature written by Andrej Sládkovič in 1845; the 291 stanzas (2900 lines) long love poem about realistic but unfulfilled love between the author and his muse Marína Pischlová; it sets the new world record for the Longest Love Poem. …
Read More »Longest journey on a motorized bicycle
San Diego, California, USA – April 20, 2017 – A man and his dog broke the Guinness World Record for the longest trip on an electric bike; Mike Minnick and his 15-pound rescue dog ‘Bixby’ pedaled more than 14,000 miles together on their electric bike, thus setting the new world record for the Longest journey on a motorized bicycle. Photo: …
Read More »Longest Open-Sea Swim by a Paraplegic
Mumbai, India – April 20, 2017 – Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh (b July 17, 1986) of Mumbai, a paraplegic with 100% disability due to spinal cord injury, set a record for having completed the longest open-sea swimming by a paraplegic by covering an impressive 8km in the open seas of Goa in a span of four hours and four minutes. …
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