* 1925 – Norris McWhirter, Scottish writer and activist co-founder of the Guinness World Records ( d. 2004 )

* 1925 – Ross McWhirter, Scottish writer and activist, co-founder of the Guinness World Records ( d. 1975 )

He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the " most downloaded podcast " as judged by Guinness World Records.

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

On December 3, 2004, the ceremony broke the Guinness World Record for Christmas caroling with 7, 514 carolers.

On 17 September 2010 Coronation Street entered the Guinness World Records book as the world's longest-running television soap opera after the American soap opera As the World Turns had its final episode.

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Petrosino broke a Guinness World record in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

The only other known case of triple Leap Day babies is a family in Norway, which logged Feb. 29 births in 1960, 1964 and 1968, according to the Guinness World Records press office.

As of 2007, it was syndicated in roughly 2, 580 newspapers and journals, and held the Guinness World Record for being the world's most widely syndicated comic strip.

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

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 World Records, the passenger terminal of the HKIA was the world's largest airport terminal upon opening, and is at present the world's third largest airport terminal building, with a covered area of 550, 000 m² and recently increased to 570, 000 m².

The Saw film series holds the Guinness World Record of the highest-grossing horror franchise in history.

The present Guinness World Record for haggis hurling has been held by Alan Pettigrew for over 25 years.

In the UK the Comedy Store Players are a well known improv group, who are also in the Guinness World Records

* 1982 – Brahim Takioullah, Moroccan Guinness World Records holder for the " World's largest feet "

* 1978 – Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, makes its debut.

* 2012 – Alternative rock band The Flaming Lips set a new Guinness World Record for performing the most live shows in different cities over 24 hours.

The current holder of the Guinness World Record for Knitting with the Largest Knitting Needles is Julia Hopson of Penzance in Cornwall.

In September 2011 the Koenigsegg Agera R broke the Guinness World Record-0-300-0 km / h with a time of just 21. 19 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.

According to Guinness World Records 2009, Led Zeppelin hold the world record for the " Highest Demand for Tickets for One Music Concert " as 20 million requests for the reunion show were rendered online.

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

A Guinness World Record for the ' Largest Musical Saw Ensemble ' was established July 18, 2009 at the annual NYC Musical Saw Festival.

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

Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans, Hertfordshire, holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest pub in England, as it is an 11th century structure on an 8th century site.

In general, a sling bullet lobbed in a high trajectory can achieve ranges approaching 400 m ; the current Guinness World Record distance of an object thrown with a sling stands at 477. 0 m, set by David Engvall in 1992 using a metal dart.

The Guinness World Record is held by Tony Benshoof of the United States who achieved a speed of 139. 9 km per hour ( 86. 93 mph ).

This beat the 21-leaf clover, a record set in June 2008 by the same man, who had also held the prior record Guinness World Record of 18.

Guinness World Record 1992 in Valencia.

The moshav ( agricultural village ) of Sde Warburg, Israel, holds the Guinness World Record for the largest lettuce salad, weighing 10, 260 kg.

The intention was to break a Guinness World Record however participation numbers fell short of the target.

The most recent successful attempt occurred on 11 June, 2011 in Toowoomba, Australia, when Quality Desserts and the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce made a Chocolate Lamington weighing 2, 361Kg, setting a new Guinness World Record.

* http :// www. stewiecat. com Mymains Stewart Gilligan, 2010 Guinness World Record holder for " World's Longest Domestic Cat " at 48. 5 inches.

Troy Shawn Harris set the Guinness World Record for consecutive jumping jacks by doing 50, 482 jumping jacks in 12 hours 27 minutes on August 20, 1988 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA.

Ashrita Furman set the Guinness World Record for number of star jumps ( jumping jacks ) in one minute at 61, on May 17, 2008.

The Flaming Lips broke Jay-Z's Guinness World Record for the most live concerts ( 8 ) in 24 hours, on June 27 and 28, 2012.

At the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sharpie 500, held at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee on August 23, 2008, 168, 000 people performed the wave to set a new Guinness World Record.

The Bahamas has a few notable industrial firms: the Freeport pharmaceutical firm, PFC Bahamas ( formerly Syntex ), which recently streamlined its production and was purchased by the Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche ; the BORCO oil facility, also in Freeport, which transships oil in the region ; the Commonwealth Brewery in Nassau, which produces Heineken, Guinness, and Kalik beers ; and Bacardi Corp., which distills rum in Nassau for shipment to the U. S. and European markets.

* 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.

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

In 1759, the founding of the Guinness brewery resulted in a considerable economic gain for the city.

Dahomey was chosen for some of the filming locations in the movie, The Comedians ( 1967 film ), with an all-star cast that included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Lillian Gish, James Earl Jones, Roscoe Lee Brown, Alec Guinness, Raymond St. Jacques, Gloria Foster, Zakes Mokae, Paul Ford, Georg Stanford Brown, Peter Ustinov, Douta Seck and Cicely Tyson.

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 1950, he founded the French Oceanographic Campaigns ( FOC ), and leased a ship called Calypso from Thomas Loel Guinness for a symbolic one franc a year.

On February 28, 2005, at 12: 08 hrs local time, in Nardò, Italy, the CCR broke the Guinness record for the fastest production car in the world, having attained on the Nardò Ring ( a circular track of circumference ), breaking the record previously held by the McLaren F1.

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

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.