WORLD RECORDS NEWS

  July 4, 2008
  Largest cheese sculpture-world record set by Cheez-It
NEW YORK, USA --The Big Cheese, created by veteran cheese carver Troy Landwehr, depict John Trumbull’s iconic painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and made from a 2,000-pound (one ton) block of cheddar cheese, which
sets the world record for the largest cheese sculpture.
  Photo: Cheese carver Troy Landwehr brushes oil off a rendition of the signing of the Declaration of Independence carved out of 2000 lbs of cheese in New York, July 3, 2008.
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  The replica of an iconic painting by John Trumbull shows John Adams, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin and others standing around a table signing the historic

  July 3, 2008
Longest chain of shoes-National Geographic Kids magazine sets world record
  WASHINGTON D.C., USA --National Geographic Kids magazine set a World Record Wednesday for the longest chain of shoes: more than 10,500 sneakers were tied together by their laces, heel to toe, measuring a total length of 1.65 miles.
  Photo: Eight-year-old Peter Wajda from Mount Laurel, New Jersey stands in front of some of the 10,512 shoes on display July 2, 2008 in the courtyard at the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC.Peter organized a shoe drive recruiting family, schoolmates and his pediatrician and collected 509 shoes.(enlarge photo)
  "We're delighted with the response we received from kids around the country," says National Geographic Kids magazine Editor-in-Chief Melina Bellows. "They embraced this project that benefits the environment, involved their communities and will help other children."   
  July 3, 2008
  Most efficient cut-size line-Mondi Neusiedler sets world record
 Ulmerfeld-Hausmening, Austria/Hamburg --Mondi Neusiedler converted and packed 614 metric tons of A4 papers Within 24 hours, setting the new world record on its 12-pocket cut-size line, for the most efficient cut-size line.
    Photo:The highly versatile cut-size line, delivered in 2004 by E.C.H. Will and Pemco, two companies within the Körber PaperLink Group, converted 30 reel sets of 80 g/m² copy paper within 24 hours.(enlarge photo)  
   Due to the rather small order volumes, sometimes only one Euro pallet (equivalent to 500 kg or 200 reams), the machine operators performed 21 order changes and 10 packaging material changes.   

   July 2, 2008
 Largest guitar ensemble-Concordstock sets world record    CONCORD, CA, USA--On Tuesday night at Todos Santos Plaza in Concord, 2,052 people came from all over to play Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" simultaneously, setting the new world record for "largest guitar ensemble."
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The record-breaking performance was part of Concordstock, a bevy of events all summer to celebrate 20 years of music in Concord.
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  "We got 2,052 and it's all documented," said Jim Ocean, producer of Concord's "Music in the Park" program.

  July 1st, 2008
 Longest cable-stayed bridge-the Sutong Bridge sets world record
  NANJING, China-- The Sutong Bridge, a cable stayed bridge that spans the Yangtze River, between Nantong and Changshu, has a span of 1,088 metres (3,570 ft) and sets a world record for the longest span cable-stayed bridge.
   Photo: The Sutong Bridge lies between Nantong City and Changshu in the east of Jiangsu province and will become part of the national key trunk route
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    "The main navigational opening is 62 meters in height and 891 meters wide, which allows the passage of huge vessels with a cargo capacity up to 50,000 tonnes," said Wu Shouchang, chief engineer of the construction

  July 01, 2008
 Longest concert-Balatonfured Guitar Festival sets world record
   BUDAPEST, Hungay--Musicians performed for 216 hours continuously at a resort by Lake Balaton, thereby achieving a world record for the longest concert by multiple artists, during the Balatonfured Guitar Festival.
  For ten days, day and night, 1,000 musicians in 350 groups of all shapes and sizes lined up to take the stage -- classical guitarists, jazz, Latin, flamenco and rock musicians all did their stuff -- the youngest among them just seven years old.

   June 30, 2008
   Largest champagne glass-Vini nel Mondo sets world record
ROME, Italy --Weighing in at 203cm tall and with a diameter of 46cm, this glass has set the world record for the largest champagne glass.
    It took 11 magnum bottles (16,5 litres) to fill this huge cup; filled with spumante Asti DOGG of course.
  Photo: The glass is 203 cm tall and with a diameter of 46 cm (80 x 18 inches)!
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  At a recent festival known as The White Night, which is an annual celebration of wine in Spoleto, Italy, for all those who can hold their liquor, the world’s largest champagne glass made its debut.
  The Asti spumante is produced in Piedmont; actually in a smaller area which includes only 52 municipalities; 9 in the province of

  Highest flagstaff-Turkmenistan sets world record
  ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan--An official ceremony of raising the Turkmen state flat on top a 133 meter high flagstaff, sets the world record for the Highest flagstaff.
  In the accompaniment of the state anthem of Turkmenistan, a 52,2 x 35 m state flag weighing 420 kg was ceremonially raised on top the flagstaff.

   Most weight lost-world record set by Manuel Uribe
 MONTERREY, Mexico--Manuel Uribe, who once weighed 1,235 punds, has lost more than 500 pounds, thanks to an international team of doctors led by Dr. Barry Sears, creator of the Zone Diet. setting a new world record for the most weight lost.
  Photo: Manuel Uribe jokes as he holds a fruit cake with his girlfriend Claudia Solis outside his house in the suburb of San Nicolas de los Garza in the northern city of Monterrey.
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   He weighed 717pounds (324 kg) in May after losing 518 pounds (235 kg) since March 2006 on a diet of grapefruits, egg-white omelets, fish, chicken and vegetables.

  Youngest lead climbing world champion-Johanna Ernst sets world record
  XINING, China--Johanna Ernst, a 15-year-old Austrian girl, won the women's lead final in IFSC World Cup on Saturday in Qinghai of northwest China, setting the world record for the youngest world champion in this series.
   Photo: Johanna Ernst, ranked 21st in the world before Saturday, was the only athlete that reached the top in the final. She was also the only one that got top all in qualification, semifinal and final.
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    Ernst told the result to her parents at home. "They are very proud and you know, they are very happy," said she. "Also they can't believe it. They cried for me."

  Largest Hockey Stick and Puck-Cowichan Valley sets world record
DUNCAN,Vancouver Island,Canada--The Cowichan Community Centre, in Duncan on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, boasts a 205-foot (62.48 m), 61,000 pounds (28,118 kgs) hockey stick -setting the world record for the Largest Hockey Stick and Puck.
   Photo: The World's Largest Hockey Stick & Puck was originally commissioned by the Government of Canada as part of the Expo '86 World's Fair Exposition in Vancouver. (enlarge photo)   
This hockey stick is 40 times the size of a regular hockey stick.

  Fastest circumnavigation using Biodiesel-Earthrace sets world record
  SAGUNTO, Spain--Earthrace took 61 days to circle the globe, setting the new world record for the   Fastest circumnavigation using Biodiesel.
   Photo: Earthrace is a 78 foot alternative fuel powered wave-piercing trimaran, it can carry 3,000 gallons of fuel, and weighs 23 tonnes when fully fuelled.
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Earthrace which cost about £1.5 million to build, is fuelled on 100 per cent biodiesel and has a net zero

  Most expensive newspaper copy-Romanian newspaper sets world record
BUCHAREST, Romania-- The "Auroch and the Eagle" ("Zimbrulu and Vulturulu"), bought for 830 000 Euros by Joseph Hackmey. sets the world record for the most expensive newspaper copy in the world.
    Photo: The "Auroch and the Eagle" newspaper was printed in Iasi (Romania) in 1858 and was sent by mail in 1858 and paid with no less than 8 of the priceless Auroch’s head stamps. (enlarge photo)
   At the last auction, held in Geneva by the „David Feldman" auction house, the piece had a starting price of 500.000 Euro and was sold for 700.000 Euro to Joseph Hackmey. With fees and commissions involved, the final price reached 829.500 Euros.

Largest number of Kuchipudi Dancers-world record set in Cupertino
CUPERTINO, Calif., USA--380 kuchipudi dancers set a world record for being the largest group of kuchipudi dancers performing continually for 8 1/2 minutes on a flat stage.  
 Photo: Dancers flew in from Russia, India, Singapore, Germany, England, Canada and all over the United States. They flocked to Cupertino, not only to set a world record but for the world's first international three-day kuchipudi convention, organized by Kuchibhotla's group, Silicon Andhra.

 Most books donated-world record set by Rotary International
LOS ANGELES, USA--Rotarians at the 2008 RI Convention demonstrated their commitment to literacy by setting a Guinness world record for the most books donated during a seven-day period: 242,624 books were collected this week for public school students in Southern California and Southern Nevada.
  Photo:Angelo dos Santos learned to read at the S™nia Braga da Cruz Ribeiro Silva school in Contagem, Brazil and is now a poet.
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The CLE literacy method was introduced to Brazil schools with the help of a Rotary Foundation 3H matching grant.

  Highest popping toaster-world record set by Freddie Yauner
[June 25] LONDON, UK--Freddie Yauner, 26, sent his toast 2.6 metres (8.5ft) into the air at the Royal College of Art graduate show setting the new world record for the highest popping toaster

  Largest human Olympic logo-world record set by China
[June 24] BEIJING, China--1,202 bikini clad women joined together to form the Olympic rings logo at Xiangjiang Water park in Guangzhou, China, setting a new world record for the Largest human Olympic logo.
   Photo:Chinese women in bikinis form the five Olympic rings at Changlong Water Park in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, June 15, 2008.
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The 1,202 who participated in the event set the World Record for the Largest human Olympic logo; Photo Chinanews  

   Largest human peace sign-world record set by the Ithaca Festival
[June 23]ITHACA,NY,USA--A total of 5,814 people at the Ithaca Festival joined together to form the largest human peace sign- a new world record.
  Photo: Members of the Ithaca community and surrounding towns form a peace symbol in Stewart Park, setting a the world record for the largest human peace sign Sunday afternoon in Ithaca.A total of 5,814 people joined the effort created and organized by Ithaca High sophomore and peace activist Trevor Dougherty. (enlarge photo)
   The massive human peace sign, which stretched from one end of the field in Stewart Park to the other, was composed of 5,814 festival-goers

   Biggest spadefish-world record set by Leo Olivarez
[June 23]Chesapeake Bay,VA,USA--While fishing for bluefish to use as flounder bait, Leo Olivarez landed a world record spadefish that weighed 9 pounds, 13 ounces.
    Leo Olivarez, a utility contractor company supervisor from Virginia Beach, was fishing around the rocks of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel's third island.   
  He was fishing for one species, which he was planning to use to catch another, when a completely different species hit his lure. The strike ended up providing him the catch of a lifetime. (more...)

 Largest simultaneous sleepover-world record set by Save the Children
[June 23] LONDON, UK--Over 40,000 children across the UK gave up their beds at home to sleep out at over 1,200 Giant Sleepover venues to raise money for Save the Children's Emergency Fund, setting the new world record for the largest simultaneous sleepover.    While raising vital money for children around the world - and for one night sharing the experience of what is a daily reality for many children affected by emergencies - all the children participating were attempting to break the World Record - and they succeeded!(more...)

  Youngest passenger on wheightless flight-world record set by Jules Nader
[June 22] QUITO, Ecuador--Jules Nader, a 7-year-old Ecuador boy has set the world record for the youngest passenger ever aboard a zero-gravity flight.
   Photo:In this photo released by Ecuador's Civil Space Aviation Agency, Jules Nader, 7, center, floats with his brother Gerard Nader, 10, bottom left, and friend Julia Velastegui, 17, behind right, during a zero-gravity flight in an air force plane in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Thursday, June 19, 2008.  (enlarge photo)
     Jules Nader says he wasn't scared during the four minutes of weightlessness he experienced aboard an air force plane. (more...)

   Longest journey around the world -world record set by Rosie Swale Pope
[June 21] EDINBURGH, Scotland,UK-- The 61-year-old Rosie Swale Pope, who travelled 32,000km (20,000miles) across 12 countries, arrived in Scrabster in the north of Scotland, setting the world record for the Longest around the world journey.
   Photo: Rosie Swale-Pope wore out 45 pairs of shoes in more than 240 weeks of running on a trek around the world that began after the death of her husband in 2003 from pancreatic cancer. She said the adventure began as a way to raise awareness for the disease.   (enlarge photo)  
  Rosie Swale-Pope is also the first person to travel around the world both by sailing and on foot.  
   Swale-Pope is no stranger to adventure, having achieved fame in 1970 as a round-the-world yachtswoman. She is set now to become the first person to both sail and run around (more...)

  Largest periodic table of elements-world record set by Fossil Ridge students
[June 21] KELLER, TX, USA--Chemistry students at Fossil Ridge High School set a world record for the largest periodic table of elements.
    The 95-by-210 table was made up of 8-by-10 tarps displaying information for all 112 elements.  
 Photo by Sandra Engelland  

  Largest Advertising Hoarding-world record set by Betfair
[June 20] VIENNA, Austria--Online betting company Betfair has secured the World Record for the world's largest advertising hoarding, which has to be viewed from the air and is located near Vienna airport.
  The world's largest advertisement measures 1,380m by 316m, creating a total area of 436,000 square metres. (enlarge photo)
  It took nine tonnes of wheat seed, 53,000 marigold plants, 1.5km of cotton netting, as well as rape, camomile, mustard, clover, poppies and grass to (more...)
     
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