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 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.

* 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 "

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 mid 1970s, Guinness began to list speed records achieved using any drinking vessel.

Freud then began an affair with Guinness beer heiress and writer Lady Caroline Blackwood.

Her film career began with Tunes of Glory ( 1960 ), co-starring with Alec Guinness and John Mills.

Loco N ° 13 from the Guinness Brewery. The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum collection began in the 1950s when the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society ( TRPS ) was the first voluntary society in the world to take over and run a public passenger carrying railway.

The World's Greatest Pub Crawl began in 2005 and has broken the Guinness World Record each year since then, although on occasions the record has been beaten between events.

With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white Superior comic book, with various artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering.

With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white Superior comic book, with Quitely and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, including Dave Gibbons, John Romita Jr., Jock, Adi Granov, Doug Braithwaite, Ian Churchill, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, David Lafuente, John McCrea, Sean Phillips and Liam Sharp, who all drew a panel each, with regular Superior artist Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover.

With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white Superior comic book, with Phillips and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, including Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, John Romita Jr., Jock, Doug Braithwaite, Ian Churchill, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, David Lafuente, John McCrea, and Liam Sharp, who all drew a panel each, with regular Superior artist Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover.

With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white Superior comic book, with McCrea and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, including Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, John Romita Jr., Jock, Doug Braithwaite, Ian Churchill, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, David Lafuente, Sean Phillips and Liam Sharp, who all drew a panel each, with regular Superior artist Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover.

With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white Superior comic book, with various artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering.

With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white Superior comic book, with Romita Jr. and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, including Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, Jock, Adi Granov, Doug Braithwaite, Ian Churchill, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, David Lafuente, John McCrea, Sean Phillips and Liam Sharp, who all drew a panel each, with regular Superior artist Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover.

Gloucester Rugby began the 2007 / 08 Guinness premiership campaign as favourites, and started the season strongly winning their first five games before defeat away to London Irish.

His conversion of faith began under the ministry of Henry Grattan Guinness, a visiting evangelist from Ireland during the revival of 1859.

" The Guinness Book of World Records 2009 states that the song is " the biggest-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s, having accumulated worldwide sales of 33 million copies ," and is the best-selling single worldwide of all time.

However, an update in the 2009 edition of the book decided to further help settle the controversy amicably by naming both John's and Crosby's songs to be " winners " by stating that John's recording is the " best-selling single since UK and US singles charts began in the 1950s ," while maintaining that " the best-selling single of all time was released before the first pop charts ," and that this distinction belongs to " White Christmas ," which it says " was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records ( published in 1955 ) and – remarkably – still retains the title more than 50 years later.

Beginning in the 1960s, Clifton Hill began to see various museums built, including the Houdini Hall Of Fame, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, Hollywood Wax Museum, House Of Frankenstein and Guinness World Records museum.

He began a working relationship that lasted for five albums and a number of awards – including Grammy Awards and The Guinness World Records for the best single, " Bohemian Rhapsody ".

In 1996 it began distributing Guinness.

With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Mark Millar began work at 9am scripting a 20-page black and white Superior comic book, with Churchill and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, including Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, John Romita Jr., Jock, Doug Braithwaite, Olivier Coipel, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, David Lafuente, John McCrea, Sean Phillips and Liam Sharp, who all drew a panel each, with regular Superior artist Leinil Yu creating the book's front cover.

It began operating in 1980, and at that time was the world's tallest transportable wheel, a record documented in the Guinness Book of Records .. Its height has since been matched by several other 60 m transportable wheels, and has been exceeded by the Bussink R66 Giant Wheel operated by World Carnival.

In 1976, Tyler moved to Yorkshire Television to replace Keith Chegwin and began to make an impression on ITV Sport bosses, who included him in the Guinness Book of Records for being the first sports commentator to have had a massive stroke and be an official cripple.