Amazing World Records
Children
scoop marshmallows out of a mug holding nearly 500 gallons of hot
chocolate, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 at Bryant Park in New York, during
the American Dairy Association's attempt to set a new world record for the largest mug of hot chocolate.
Indian born British strongman Manjit Singh, 59, pulls a double decker bus using ropes attached to his hair in London, Englandon November 12, 2009. Singh broke the world record Thursday by pulling the bus a total of 21.2 metres.
Street
performer Chayne Hultgren (a.k.a. 'The Space Cowboy'), re-enacts his
18-sword swallowing attempt for a Guinness World Record in front of the Sydney Opera House
on February 8, 2010. The Australian beat his own world record when he
simultaneously swallowed 18 swords, each blade measuring 50.8cm by
1.3cm, in the lead-up to International Sword Swallowing Day on February
28.
A base jumper leaps backwards off the Menara Kuala Lumpur Tower, Malaysia, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. A group of base jumpers were attempting to set a Guinness World Record striving to have 24 people base jump every hour for 24 hours from the the 915 feet high communication tower
Filipino chefs and students stand beside dishes as they attempt to break a Guinness World Record for "The Most Number of Dishes On Display, In A Single Day" in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Monday Dec. 14, 2009. The organizers hope to be considered for the record as they make more than 5,000 cheese-inspired dishes to beat the previous record of 4,668 set by India in 2007.
Life
Time Fitness broke the Guinness World Record for the largest cycling
class with 1,052 cyclists. The class was held at Target Center arena in
downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Bryan Berg of the U.S. poses at his creation of the replica of The Venetian Macao-Resort- Hotel, as he breaks his own Guinness World Record for the largest house of Freestanding playing cards on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Berg used 218,792 playing cards to build a replica of The Venetian Macao-Resort- Hotel during the 44 day project. The final composition is 35 feet long, 10 feet tall and weighs 272kg.
Lebanese celebrate entering the Guinness Book of Records
in Beirut October 24, 2009 after producing what they believe to be the
biggest plate of hummus in the world. The dish, weighing 2,056 kg, was
filled with 1,350 kg of the chickpea-based dish. The organisers claimed
world records for both the size of the dish and the quantity of hummus
produced.
Lebanese
chefs prepare a giant tabbouleh to set a new world record in Beirut on
October 25, 2009. Under the watch of a Guinness adjudicator, 250
sous-chefs and their 50 bosses from the state-run culinary school
chopped and sliced over three and a half tons (7,000 lbs) of the salad,
using 1,600 kg (3,520 lbs) of parsley, 1,500 kg (3,300 lbs) of ripe
tomatoes and 420 kg (926 lbs) of onions.
Chef
Matthew Mitnitsky cheers after his meatball weighed in, breaking the
world record for the largest meatball, in Concord, N.H., Sunday, Nov.
1,2009.
Palestinians
stand near a large embroidered dress as it is presented to the media at
a stadium in the West Bank city of Hebron October 25, 2009. The dress,
which took several months to sew, is expected to be officially measured
next month in an attempt to be entered as a Guinness World Record.
The Burj Dubai tower is pictured during the opening ceremony of the Burj Dubai tower
on January 4, 2010 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The Burj Dubai, which
in Arabic means Dubai Tower, is at 824.55 meters the world's tallest
man-made structure.
Around 15,000 people participate in a tug-of-war during an annual event in Naha, in Japan's southern island of Okinawa,
on October 11, 2009. The rope used in the event - 200 meters long, 156
cms in diameter, weighing 43 tons and made from harvested straw - was
recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest
rope.
Thousands
of Mexicans take part in the "I do dance Thriller" event which
attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the biggest mass
"Thriller" dance, in Mexico City, on August 29, 2009. Up to 15,000
people were expected to take part in the mass performance of Michael Jackson's famed "Thriller" dance on the day he would have turned 51.
Egyptian Mohammed Ali
Zinhom, 25, attempts a new Guinness World Record for doing push ups on
the 2 fingers of his right hand only, in front of the historical site of
the Giza Pyramids, Egypt, Monday, March 8, 2010. Zinhom recorded 46
push ups in 49 seconds.
Indonesians
take part in an attempt to break a world record for the most sky
lanterns flown simultaneously in Jakarta, Indonesia, late Saturday, Dec.
5, 2009. At least 10,000 lanterns were released into the sky to break
the world record, organizer said.
The
world's tallest horse, Luscombe Nodram, or 'Noddy', stands with his
owner Jane Greenman before they depart on major tour which will include
appearances at the Sydney Royal Easter Show and Brisbane, in Melbourne on March 19, 2010. TheShire horse
is seven-years- old, stands at 20.2 hands high (2.05 meters) and at 1.5
tons weighs three times more than the average thoroughbred racehorse.
The Shire horse is now endangered with approximately 2,000 left in the
world with very few of them being gray.
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