Dublin, Ireland – April 7, 2017 – Farmer Patrick Shalvey, whose family are hosting Big Week on the Farm on their dairy farm in Cootehill, Co Cavan, smashed the existing Guinness world record for reversing a tractor and trailer by 2.8 kilometres. Photo: Farmer Patrick Shalvey, whose family are hosting Big Week on the Farm on their dairy farm in …

Moscow, Russia – October 8, 2016 – Petros Lambrinidis, a Greek chef from Crete, managed to create a gigantic 20-tonne salad with the help of over 1,000 volunteers in Moscow’s Red Square, thus setting the new world record for the Largest Greek Salad (Largest Salad), according to the World Record Academy. Photo: Petros Lambrinidis managed to create the gigantic 20-tons …

Porter, Oklahoma, USA – July 21, 2016 – The cobbler made during the 50th Annual Porter Peach Festival, containing 966 pounds of peaches, 369 pounds of butter, 405 pounds of flour, 723 pounds (87 gallons) of milk, 1.2 pounds of baking powder and 537 pounds of sugar weighed a whopping 2,902 pounds, thus setting the new world record for the …

London, UK – May 31, 2016 – Internet entrepreneur Adam Leyton, 39, of Horsforth, has set a record for the most countries visited in 24 hours using only public transport; he made his epic European day trip from May 25 to 26, starting in Perl, Germany, then travelling through Luxembourg, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic, …

Geneva, Switzerland – May 17, 2016 – Campaigners for a minimum income in Switzerland set a World Record for the world’s largest poster as they sought support for the controversial proposal ahead of a referendum next month; the record-breaking 8,115 square-metre (87,350 square-feet) poster consisted of a series of massive black plastic sheets, with the words “What would you do …

NAS Alameda, California, USA – May 6, 2016 – Toyota Prius owners set a World Record on Earth Day for the largest hybrid parade; in all, 332 Prius owners took part in the lap at the Alameda Air Field. Photo: Toyota owners, a total of 332 made a parade lap to celebrate the Earth Day on April 22, 2016. The Toyota …

Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist, now known as the father of psychoanalysis. Freud qualified as a doctor of medicine at the University of Vienna in 1881, and then carried out research into cerebral palsy, aphasia and microscopic neuroanatomy at the Vienna General Hospital. Upon completing his habilitation in …

New York, NY, USA – April 20, 2016 – CyberLink, the world’s leading multimedia technology company, announced that it has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest TV binge watching marathon; to achieve its record breaking goal, Team CyberLink, with help from one sole Brooklynite, endured and recorded a 94-hour non-stop session. Photo: A Brooklyn man has broken the …

Iglu-Dorf, Switzerland – January 22, 2016 – Swiss locals build the world’s biggest IGLOO in the Swiss Alps resort of Iglu-Dorf in front of Matterhorn, situated in Zermatt at an altitude of 2,727m; a total of 1,700 snow bricks were needed tu build the 13m-wide igloo, which has taken 11 days to build for the resort’s 20th anniversary. Photo: The …

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