Alexandria is home to what is lauded by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest ball of paint.

* 1979: A concert with Jean Michel Jarre on the Place de la Concorde in Paris attracted one million people, securing an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the largest crowd at an outdoor concert.

" Prinsen ", a toad kept as a pet in Sweden, is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the largest recorded specimen.

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The Guinness Book of Records began to list world records for speed drinking in this category in the early 1960s.

The 1969 edition of the Guinness Book lists Lawrence Hill ( age 22 ) of Bolton as having consumed a 2. 5 pint yard of ale in 6. 5 seconds on December 17, 1964.

A specimen was bought in 1971 by the Icelandic Museum of National History for the sum of £ 9000, which placed it in the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive stuffed bird ever sold.

In 2001, the Guinness Book of World Records awarded Brutal Truth the record for " Shortest Music Video " for 1994's " Collateral Damage " ( the song lasts four seconds ).

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, an average adult male will weigh and measure, while an average female will weigh and measure.

It was, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the largest attendance to that date for a single act show.

In the Millenium Edition of the " Guinness Book of World Records ", Hum Aapke Hain Kaun became the Bollywood's highest grossing film.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Brando was paid a record $ 3. 7 million ($ in today's funds ) plus 11. 75 % of the gross profits for 13 days work playing Jor-El in Superman, further adding to his mystique.

This ransom is the highest ever paid according to the Guinness Book of Records.

The Guinness Book of World Records has cited Saipan as having the most equable temperature in the world.

The Guinness Book of World Records has cited Saipan as having the most equable temperature in the world.

* Nile River valley and delta, Egypt, is claimed as the world's biggest oasis by the 2007 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records with a stated area of 22, 000 square kilometres.

With descriptions for approximately 600, 000 words, the Oxford English Dictionary is the world's most comprehensive single-language print dictionary according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans, Hertfordshire, which holds the Guinness Book of Records | Guinness World Record for the oldest pub in England

According to the Guinness Book of Records the pizza was 37. 4 meters ( 122 feet 8 inches ) in diameter and was made using 500 kg of flour, 800 kg of cheese and 900 kg of tomato puree.

She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the actor with the longest uninterrupted performance in a single role.

The Guinness Book of World Records recognized a 78 foot wave ride filmed by ESPN as the largest wave ever surfed.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the current record for the greatest distance achieved in hurling an object from a sling is:, using a long sling and a dart.

The 1996 edition of the Guinness Book of Records lists a Saluki as being the fastest dog, reaching a speed of per hour.

She is listed in the 2012 edition of the Guinness Book Of World Records as the highest-paid actress, with $ 56 million.

British band Napalm Death holds the Guinness World Record for shortest song ever recorded with the one-second " You Suffer " ( 1987 ).

This 1991 advert prompted more than 800 complaints to the British Advertising Standards Authority during 1991 and was featured in the reference book Guinness World Records 2000 as ' Most Controversial Campaign '.

However, the exact distance of the ride was never verified and the record was later rejected by both the British Surfing Association and Guinness World Records.

His collection, bequeathed to the British Museum following his death in 1995, is recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the largest collection of its kind.

* Guinness share-trading fraud, famous British business scandal of the 1980s

* Percy and Florence Arrowsmith, a British couple erroneously included in the Guinness Book of Records

Steiger, the only American in the cast of that film, was initially apprehensive about working with such great British actors as Ralph Richardson and Alec Guinness and was afraid that he would stick out, but he won acclaim for his performance.

Noted fans have included Sir Alec Guinness ( who never travelled without a Trollope novel ), former British Prime Ministers Harold Macmillan and Sir John Major, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, English judge Lord Denning, American novelists Sue Grafton and Dominick Dunne and soap opera writer Harding Lemay.

Sir Alec Guinness presented him with a lifetime achievement honour at the inaugural British Comedy Awards in 1990, while he received another such honour at the BBC Centenary Programme in 1996.

Some of the best known British film comedy stars include Will Hay, George Formby, Sir Norman Wisdom, Sir Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and the Monty Python team.

She was married first to Bryan Walter Guinness, heir to the barony of Moyne, and secondly to Sir Oswald Mosley, 6th Baronet, of Ancoats, leader of the British Union of Fascists.

* 1859-Protestant missionaries arrive in Japan ; Revivals in North America and the British Isles generate interest in overseas missions ; Albert Benjamin Simpson ( founder of Christian and Missionary Alliance ) is converted by the revival ministry of Henry Grattan Guinness

* E. McDonald and J. Creswell, The Guinness Book of British Place Names ( 1993 ).

The fourth, in 1988, is Little Dorrit, a UK feature film starring Alec Guinness and Derek Jacobi amongst a large cast of over 300 British actors directed by Christine Edzard.

( Sources for M reference: " British Hit Singles ," 8th ed., by Paul Gambaccini, Jonathan Rice and Tim Rice ; NY: Billboard Books ; London: Guinness Publishing / GRR Publications, 1991 ; and the computer program " British Top 40 Hits.

) ( 1962 ), playing sadistic Lieutenant Scott-Padget, co-starring Sir Alec Guinness ; I Could Go On Singing ( 1963 ), co-starring Judy Garland in her final screen role ; Hot Enough for June, ( aka " Agent 8¾ ") ( 1964 ), a James Bond-type spy spoof co-starring Robert Morley ; Modesty Blaise ( 1966 ), a campy spy send-up playing archvillain Gabriel opposite Monica Vitti and Terence Stamp and directed by Joseph Losey ; The Fixer ( 1968 ), based on Bernard Malamud's novel, co-starring Alan Bates ; Sebastian ( 1968 ), as Sebastian, a mathematician working on code decryption, who falls in love with Susannah York, a decrypter in the all-female decoding office he heads for British Intelligence, also co-starring Sir John Gielgud, and Lilli Palmer, co-produced by Michael Powell ; Oh!

More recent longevity claims are subcategorized by many editions of Guinness World Records into four groups: " In late life, very old people often tend to advance their ages at the rate of about 17 years per decade .... Several celebrated super-centenarians ( over 110 years ) are believed to have been double lives ( father and son, relations with the same names or successive bearers of a title ) .... A number of instances have been commercially sponsored, while a fourth category of recent claims are those made for political ends ...." The estimate of 17 years per decade was corroborated by the 1901 and 1911 British censuses.

* Paul Gambaccini, Tim Rice, Jonathan Rice ( 1993 ), British Hit Singles, Guinness Publishing Ltd.

* Paul Gambaccini, Tim Rice, Jonathan Rice ( 1993 ), British Hit Singles, 9th edition, Guinness Publishing Ltd.

Described by the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, as a " chirpy Cockney ", Brown was one of the original artists managed by the early rock impresario Larry Parnes.

The Guinness Book of Astronomy is a book ( ISBN 0-85112-375-9 ) by the British astronomer Sir Patrick Moore.

They failed to have any Top 40 hits in the UK however, and are therefore unmentioned in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles.

British actors in starring roles in 1960s films included Sir Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Peter Sellers, Audrey Hepburn, Julie Christie, Michael Caine, Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews and David Niven.

Hollywood blockbusters that were filmed at major British studios in 1977-79, include Star Wars ( featuring Alec Guinness ) at Elstree Studios, Superman II ( featuring Terence Stamp ) at Pinewood, and Alien ( directed by Ridley Scott ) at Shepperton.