List of world records

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List of world records is an annotated list of world records organised by category. There is also Category: World records which gives an alphabetical listing.

Main article: Oldest people

  • Longest fencing bout: Jonathan Tiomkin and Jedediah Dupree, 5 h
  • Longest Table Tennis Rally: Brian Seibel and Steve Seibel, 8 h 15 min 1 s
  • Longest Wrestling Bout: Martin Klein beat Alfred Asikainen, 11 h 40 min
  • Longest Cricket Marathon: Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket Club, 27 h 34 min
  • Highest jump: Javier Sotomayor, 2.45 m (8 ft ½ in)
  • Most push ups on the back of hands in one hour is 1781 Doug Pruden
  • Most push ups on one arm in 30 minutes is 1382 Doug Pruden

  • Worlds deepest underwater concert: Katie Melua
  • The record for "Most T-Shirts Worn at Once" is 160, and is currently held by Aaron John Waltke of Bloomington, Indiana. Aaron achieved this feat on December 9, 2006, breaking the record previously held by Matt McAllister of Santa Barbara, California.
  • Highest Parachute Jump: Joseph Kittinger, 102,800 feet (31,300 m) on August 16, 1960.
  • Longest Freefall: Joseph Kittinger, 4½ minutes on August 16, 1960.
  • Highest Freefall Velocity: Joseph Kittinger, 614 mph (988 km/h) on August 16, 1960.

Battles

  • Largest Collection of Aeroplane Sick Bags: Niek Vermeulen of the Netherlands has 5,034 airline sickness bags from 1,000 different airlines that he has accumulated since the 1970s.
  • Largest Collection of Bar Towels: Robert Begley of Chambersburg, United States, with 2,372 towels representing 27 different countries; which he has been collecting since 1990
  • Largest Collection of Traffic Cones: David Morgan (UK) has a collection of 137 different traffic cones. David owns a cone from about two thirds of all types ever made.
  • Largest Collection of Keychains: Emilio Arenas Florin of Colonia, Uruguay, with 25,630 non-duplicated key chains, collected since 1955.
  • Largest Collection of Model Cars: Sergio Goldvarg (Argentina) has a collection of over 7,000 cars which he has collected since 1962, all of which are on display in the Waffleworks restaurant, Hollywood, Florida, USA.
  • Largest Collection of Penguins: Birgit Berends of Germany, with 2,520 different items, which she has been collecting since 1990
  • Largest Collection of Condoms: Nicolas Mei of Essendon, Victoria, (AUS) has a collection of 17,921 different condoms from 73 different brands and from various places around the world.HIS collection also includes various flavors, including chocolate and banana.
Joshua Mueller picture here with his extensive collection of Converse All Stars.
Joshua Mueller picture here with his extensive collection of Converse All Stars.
  • Largest Collection of Converse Shoes: Joshua Mueller of Lakewood, Washington (USA) has a collection of 403 unique pairs of Converse Shoes which he has been collecting since 1991. Converse All Stars make up the bulk of the collection.

  • First Regular Television Service: Deutsche Fernsehefunk (1935)
  • Longest Continuously Operating Television Channel: BBC One, started on the 2 November 1936
  • Largest Audience For A TV Series: Baywatch, 1.1 billion viewers
  • Largest cash prize won on a TV game show: Brad Rutter at Jeopardy!, USD 3 255 102
  • Most Emmys For A TV Series In A Season: The West Wing, Nine Emmys
  • Most Expensive TV Mini Series: Band of Brothers, USD 125 million
  • Most Expensive TV Program: ER, USD 13.1 million per show
  • Most Hours on Camera: Regis Philbin, 15,188 hours
  • Most Unrecorded Hours on Camera: Carole Hersee, the girl who stars in the BBC's famous Test Card.
  • Most International Broadcast Children's Educational Program: Sesame Street, 180 countries
  • Most Internationally Broadcast TV Soap: Dallas, 90 countries
  • Most TV Spin-Off Series: Ultraman, 16 series
  • Most Seizures For One TV Episode: Pokemon: Dennō Senshi Porygon, 685 Seizures

Main article: List of longest films by running time
Main article: List of most expensive films

  • Youngest Person to have a #1 single: Jordy (4½ years) - "Dur dur d'être bébé" ("It's Tough to Be a Baby")
  • Youngest Person to have an album: Cleopatra Stratan (3 years) - "La vârsta de trei ani" ("At the age of 3").
  • Oldest female Singer at #1 in Billboard and World Charts: Cher (52 years) - "Believe"
  • Most expletives in a #1 song: "F*** It (I Don't Want You Back)" by Eamon

  • Most Awarded Recording Artist: Michael Jackson 538 Awards
  • Most Awarded Female Artist: Whitney Houston 411 Awards
  • Most Awarded Recording Artist Under 30: Beyoncé 320 Awards (Including With Destiny Child)

  • The smallest Paper Origami frog was made by 12 year old Josiah Hamilton on the 30th of March 2007 It was made with no tools but only his fingers and is kept on the end of a pencil. It's length is 2mm and can jump to a length of 10 cm

See also

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  • Largest collection of fake masterpieces: 3,500, owned by Christophe Petyt
  • Youngest professional artist: 3-years old record held by Dante Lamb.
  • Largest Group of fully painted people: Sydney Body Art Ride


The highest valued currency unit Kuwaiti dinar (KWD), (KWD 1 = USD 3.457 815, EUR 2.696 590)
The lowest valued currency unit Vietnamese dong (VND), (VND 1 = USD 0.000 062 243, EUR 0.000 049 126)
Highest rate of inflation Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD), 1 729.9% (Feb 2007)
Highest rate of inflation (historical) Hungarian pengő (HUP), 41 900 000 000 000 000% (1946)
Lowest rate of inflation Barbadian dollar (BBD), -0.5% (2005)
Highest GDP per capita Luxembourg, USD 72 945, EUR 57 573 (2005)
Lowest GDP per capita Malawi, USD 596, EUR 470 (2005)
Highest rate of income tax Denmark, the top rate of income tax is 59%
Highest rate of income tax (historical) Sweden, the top rate of income tax was 102%[citation needed]
Lowest rate of income tax Andorra, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bahrain, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Kuwait, Monaco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, UAE and Vanuatu, all have no income tax
Highest general rate of sales tax/VAT Norway, Sweden and Denmark, 25%

Language with most number of speakers Mandarin Chinese (1.08 billion)
Language isolate with most number of speakers Korean (78 million)
Constructed language with most number of speakers Esperanto (between 100,000 and 2 million)
Most widespread spoken language English
(73 countries and territories, See: List of countries where English is an official language)
Largest language family in terms of number of languages Niger-Congo languages, 1514 languages
Longest Alphabet (with individual letters) Cambodian alphabet
(74 letters)
Shortest Alphabet Rotokas alphabet,
(12 letters, A E I G K O P R S T U V)
Language with the most number of words English, (990 000 words)
Country with most number of languages India, at least 800 different languages and around 2000 dialects have been identified
Country with the most number of official languages India with total 22 official languages

Main article: List of bridges by length
Main article: List of largest suspension bridges

Main article: List of tunnels by length

Pyramids

  • Longest hot dog and bun: World's Longest Hot Dog,Hill Meat Co. and Franz Family Bakery, 104 feet 9 inches (31.93 m).

Army
Navy
Airforce

Main article: Spaceflight records

Churches
Structures

Fresh water lakes
Salt water lakes
  • Largest: Caspian Sea, 371,000 km² ( 143,000 mi²)
  • Lowest (unfrozen): Dead Sea, -418 m (-1,371 ft) - below sea levels.

  • Highest: Mount Everest, 8,848 m (29,028 ft) (see measurement section on Everest page)
  • Highest from base up: Mt. McKinley, 5,500m (18,000 ft) from base up. Although the peak of Mt. Everest is the highest above sea level, it rests on the tibetean plateau, which is 5,200 m (17,000 feet) high, giving it a real vertical rise of little more than 3,700m (12,000 ft).

  • Deepest: Voronya Cave, 2,080 m (6,824 ft)
  • Largest cave system: Mammoth Cave, 52,835 acres (213.83 km²)
  • Largest open space: Sarawak chamber 2,300 feet (700 m) long, 1,300 feet (400 m) wide and at least 230 feet (70 m) high.

Diamonds
Rubies

  • Largest organism:
Main article: Largest organism

  • Fastest: Cheetah, up to 100 km/h (60 mph)
  • Largest: Blue whale, 140 short tons (127 t)
  • Smallest: Pygmy Shrew, 2.5 g (39 grains)
  • Smallest cattle: Vechur cow 1.24 m (48¾ in) long, 0.87 m (34¼ in) tall.
  • Smallest breed of dog: chihuahua
  • Tallest dog: Irish Wolfhound, up to 8 feet (2.4 m) upright; the tallest recorded was 5 feet (1.5 m) at the shoulders.

Kapil Kalra of India made a calendar of 10 billion years. You can check record in

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References
Footnotes
  1. ^ http://jesusfilm.org/progress/translations.html
  2. ^ http://filmsite.org/boxoffice.html
  3. ^ Although sometimes quoted as such, Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard is a soundtrack, not a studio album, and includes songs from other artists.
  4. ^ http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=66 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducties: 40 million sales for 'Saturday Night Fever'
  5. ^ Rolling Stone - Eminem Bounces Britney From Top Spot
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  8. ^ http://beerrecord.com

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