World Records 2010 News   

  Friday, March 19, 2010
  Bitterest Beer - world record set by The Hop by Peter Fowler
  GROVE, Wantage, UK -- Peter Fowler, 58, who has been brewing since 1975 and runs Pitstop Brewery created the eight per cent beer The Hop, rated for its bitterness at 323 International BIttering Units - setting the new world record for the Bitterest beer.
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   International laboratory reports commissioned by Peter Fowler, show his eight per cent beer The Hop is more bitter than any known beer anywhere

  Thursday, March 18, 2010
  Most people participating in a lip dub - Grandville High School sets world record
 GRANDVILLE, Mich., USA -- The video from Grandville High School, the brainchild of audio-visual teacher Terry Blevins, features more than 1,400 students lip-syncing and performing to the same song - setting the new world record for the Most people participating in a lip dub.
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  Two cameras shot the video simultaneously, and no cuts or edits were made.
   
  Thursday, March 18, 2010
  Heaviest living woman and  heaviest Mum to give Birth - Donna Simpson sets world records
 OLD BRIDGE, NJ, USA -- Donna Simpson, 42, of Old Bridge, a model for SupersizedBombshells.com, weighs 604 pounds (273 kg) and sets the world record for the Heaviest living woman; she had a daughter in 2007 at 532 pounds - setting the world record for the heaviest Mum to give Birth.
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   "I have fans who send me baklava and cheese cake and everything else you can imagine," Simpson, told ABC News.

   Wednesday, March 17, 2010
  Largest Rice Krispies treat - world record set by The Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge
 LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE, CA, USA -- After days of cooking, volunteers revealed a Rice Krispies treat at a fundraiser for the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge weighing in at 10,460 pounds - which sets the world record for the Largest Rice Krispies treat.
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   Hundreds of volunteers came together to make the Largest Rice Krispies treat in just over 48 hours. Food scientist Ted Russin, a San Diego chef and engineer Scott Stuckel helped with

  Tuesday, March 16, 2010
  Longest beard - world record set by Bhai Sarwan Singh
  SURREY, BC, Canada -- Bhai Sarwan Singh, head priest at Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh temple, was on the set of Italy's 'The Show of Records' where his beard was measured eight feet in length - setting the new world record for the Longest beard.
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   Singh got into the Guinness world records book in 2008 when his beard ran to about seven feet eight inches long, measured from the tip of his chin to the end of

  Tuesday, March 16, 2010   Largest Meatball - world record set by Glen Oaks Community College
 CENTREVILLE, Mich., USA -- After cooking for 32 hours, the Glen Oaks meatball was ready to be served and organizers determined the final weight to be 254 pounds - which sets the new world record for the Largest Meatball.
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   "It started out as a joke," said Lester Keith, a professor of business administration at Glen Oaks. Keith and Bill Furr, also on the faculty at Glen Oaks, co-directors of Recreation and
   
  Monday, March 15, 2010
  Youngest rower to cross an ocean solo - Katie Spotz sets world record
 GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- After a bold 2,817 mile (4,500 kilometer) journey from west Africa that took her 70 days, five hours and 22 minutes to complete, Katie Spotz, 22, arrived in Guyana, in South America - setting the world record for the Youngest rower to cross an ocean solo.
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   "The hardest part was just the solo part," Spotz said, saying she struggled with boredom and had trouble sleeping inside the cramped, 19-foot (6-meter)

    Monday, March 15, 2010
  Largest Bowl of Pasta - Buca di Beppo sets world record
 GARDEN GROVE, Calif., USA -- Italian restaurant Buca di Beppo filled a swimming pool repurposed as a pasta bowl with more than 13,786 pounds of pasta and 120 gallons of sauce -setting the new world record for the Largest Bowl of Pasta.
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   After a week of full-time working by at least 20 people, buckets of the cooked spaghetti were dumped into an above-ground swimming

   Sunday, March 14, 2010
 Most People Contributing to the Same Painting Simultaneously - Delaware artists sets world record
  WILMINGTON, DE, USA -- 279 painters, of all ages and artistic abilities, painted for three and a half minutes during an event organized by the Delaware College of Art and Design - setting the new world record for the Most People Contributing to the Same Painting Simultaneously.
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   The world record attempt for the Most People Contributing to the Same Painting Simultaneously took place at the Renaissance Centre, located at 405 N. King St., Wilmington. Sponsoring the event were

   Saturday, March 13, 2010
  Longest Concert by a Solo Artist - world record set by Alex Carlin
  RADOMSKO, Poland -- Alex Carlin performed 500 songs, including the entire Beatles catalogue, in a 32 hours-long show took place at the Pub Bourbon Street - setting the new world record for the Longest Concert by a Solo Artist.
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   "Around hour 12 things were getting difficult - my head felt like it was exploding and

    Friday, March 12, 2010
  Most diverse repository of crop seeds - the Svalbard Global Seed Vault sets world record
  LONGYEARBYEN, Spitsbergen Island, Norway -- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, or the Doomsday Vault as the media have nicknamed it, has amassed half a million seed samples - setting the world record for the Most diverse repository of crop seeds.
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   The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is the ultimate security net for the world's crop diversity. The Seed Vault aims at

   Friday, March 12, 2010
   Largest interactive weather report - BBC News School Report sets world record
 LONDON, UK -- Hundreds of BBC School Report students across the UK each took a Celsius reading and e-mailed it in to the BBC Weather Centre, where they were compiled for a huge interactive weather report, fronted by the BBC's Carol Kirkwood - setting the world record for the Largest interactive weather report.
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   To create a new world record for the Largest interactive weather report more than 250 schools needed to send in their temperatures
  
  Friday, March 12, 2010
  Oldest malt whiskey - Mortlach 70-Year-Old Speyside sets world record
 EDINBURGH, UK -- Scottish whisky firm Gordon and MacPhail unveiled bottles of whisky which matured for 70 years in the cask - setting the world record for the Oldest malt whiskey.
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   The Urquharts describe it as a malt “without comparison.” “This is a very special day for us – one we’ve literally been anticipating for generations,” they said. “Our family has been in the whisky business for a long time, with each generation building and handing on a lifetime’s expertise to the next,” they added.

  Thursday, March 11, 2010
  Largest gathering of people wearing fleece blankets - Cleveland Cavaliers Fans sets world record
 CLEVELAND, OH, USA -- 22,562 Cleveland Cavaliers fans wore custom-made, limited edition Cleveland Cavaliers Snuggie™ blankets for 5 minutes during the Cavs Snuggie™ Night by KeyBank at Quicken Loans Arena - setting the new world record for the Largest gathering of people wearing fleece blankets.
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   "We would like to thank our fans and congratulate them for their enthusiastic participation to land their place in the Book of World Records," said Cavaliers President Len Komoroski. 

  Thursday, March 11, 2010
  Largest Indoor Static Cycling Class - Life Time Fitness sets world record
  MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA -- Lifetime Fitness hosted 1052 indoor cyclists at Target Center arena in downtown Minneapolis, for the "Ride of a Lifetime- setting a world record for the Largest Indoor Static Cycling Class.
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   The two-hour, high-energy Ride of a Lifetime was led by Life Time Fitness Chairman, President and CEO, Bahram Akradi, and top Life Time cycle instructors.