List of world records
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This page lists World records by category. There is also Category: World records which gives an alphabetical listing.
[edit] Human mental and physical achievement and traits
[edit] Anatomy
- Tallest: Robert Pershing Wadlow, 2.72 m (8 ft 11 in)
- Shortest: Khagendra Thapa Magar, 0.51 m (1 ft 7.7 in)
- Heaviest Man: Jon Brower Minnoch, 635 kg (1,400 lb)
- Heaviest Woman: Carol Yager, 725 kg (1,600 lb)
[edit] Mental
- Highest recorded Intelligence Quotient: Marilyn vos Savant, 230
- Highest estimated Intelligence Quotient: William Sidis, 250-300
[edit] Physiology
- Oldest (verified): Jeanne Calment, 122 years 164 days
- Oldest (living): Emiliano Mercado del Toro, 115+ (as-of December 2006)
[edit] Sports
- Longest Table Tennis Rally: Brian Seibel and Steve Seibel, 8 h 15 min 1 s
- Longest Wrestling Bout: Martin Klein beat Alfred Asikainen, 11 h 40 min
- Longest Cricket Marathon: Cheriton Fitzpaine Cricket Club, 27 h 34 min
- Highest jump: Javier Sotomayor, 8ft 1/2in (2.45 m)
- Longest pro wrestling event, 24 Hours Camp IWF(www.campiwf.com)
- Most double bass beats, 1407 by Tim Waterson
- Longest reining world heavyweight championship: Bruno Sammartino, 4 years 81 days.
- Shortest world championship reign, Yokozuna, 5 minutes, 38 seconds.
[edit] Basketball
- Most points in a professional basketball (NBA) game: Wilt Chamberlain 100 pts.
[edit] Culture and society
[edit] History
Largest Indoor Pool: University of Limerick Indoor Pool, 50-meters
[edit] General
- Largest empire: British Empire, 37 million km² (1912)
[edit] Military history
- Battles
- Largest naval battle: Matter of definition, see Largest naval battle in history
- Largest air battle: Battle of Britain (1940)
- Largest Tank battle: Battle of Kursk (1943)
[edit] Collections
- Largest Collection of Aeroplane Sick Bags: Niek Vermeulen of the Netherlands has 5,034 airline sickness bags from 1,000 different airlines that he has accumulated since the 1970s.
- Largest Collection of Bar Towels: Robert Begley of Chambersburg, United States, with 2,372 towels representing 27 different countries; which he has been collecting since 1990
- Largest Collection of Traffic Cones: David Morgan (UK) has a collection of 137 different traffic cones. David owns a cone from about two thirds of all types ever made.
- Largest Collection of Keychains: Emilio Arenas Florin of Colonia, Uruguay, with 25,630 non-duplicated key chains, which he has been collecting since 1955.
- Largest Collection of Model Cars: Sergio Goldvarg (Argentina) has a collection of over 7,000 cars which he has collected since 1962, all of which are on display in the Waffleworks restaurant, Hollywood, Florida, USA.
- Largest Collection of Penguins: Birgit Berends of Germany, with 2,520 different items, which she has been collecting since 1990
- Largest Collection of Converse Shoes: Joshua Mueller of Lakewood, Washington (USA) has a collection of 403 unique pairs of Converse Shoes which he has been collecting since 1991. Converse All Stars make up the bulk of the collection.
- Largest Collection of Condoms: Serena Van Shumacher of Orlando, Florida (USA) has a collection of 15,743 different condoms from 104 different brands and from various places around the world. including the Philippines and Egypt.
[edit] Media
[edit] Radio
- First radio news program: 8MK in Detroit, Michigan, USA (31 August 1920)
- First college radio station: 2ADD from Union College, Schenectady, New York, USA (October 14, 1920)
- Longest-running radio show: Lørdagsbarnetimen (lit. The Children's Hour on Saturday), running since 20 December 1924 on NRK, later NRK P1.
[edit] Television
- First Regular Television Service: Deutsche Fernsehefunk (1935)
- Longest Continuously Operating Television Channel: BBC One, started on the 2 November 1936
- Largest Audience For A TV Series: Baywatch, 1.1 billion viewers
- Largest cash prize won on a TV game show: Ken Jennings at Jeopardy!, $2,520,700 (£1,352,597 or €2,009,486)
- Most Emmys For A TV Series In A Season: The West Wing, Nine Emmys
- Most Expensive TV Mini Series: Band of Brothers, $125 million (£79 million)
- Most Expensive TV Program: ER, $13.1 million per show
- Most Hours on Camera: Regis Philbin, 15,188 hours
- Most International Broadcast Children's Educational Program: Sesame Street, 180 countries
- Most Internationally Broadcast TV Soap: Dallas, 90 countries
- Most TV Spin-Off Series: Power Rangers, 16 series
[edit] Longest Running Series
- Animated TV Series: The Simpsons (1989-Present)
- Chat Show: The Late Late Show (1962-Present), hosts Gay Byrne, Pat Kenny, Frank Hall
- Live comedy show: Saturday Night Live (1975-Present)
- Game Show: The Price is Right (1972-Present)
- News Show: Meet The Press (NBC) (Started as a radio program in 1945 and debuted on television two years later, 1947-Present)
- Science Fiction TV Programme: Doctor Who (1963-1989)(1996)(2005-)
- TV Soap: Guiding Light (1952-Present)
- Programme with the same host: The Sky at Night presented by Patrick Moore; (1957-Present)
[edit] Movie
- Longest Movie: The Cure for Insomnia, 5220 minutes (87 h)
- Longest Stop-Motion Movie: Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 85 minutes
- Most Expensive Movie Made: Titanic, US$ 240 million in 1997
- Most Expensive Tamil Movie Made: Sivaji The Boss , INR 500 million in 2007
- Highest paid actors:Chris Tucker, Will Smith, Tom Cruise, all earning $100+ million dollars with only two or more movies.
- Most Expensive Movie Made (adjusted for inflation): War and Peace, US$ 100 million in 1968; US$ 500 million in 2006
- Most Oscars Won by a Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Ben-Hur, and Titanic, 11 each
- Most Portrayed Character In Horror Movies: Dracula, 162 films
- Most Swearing In An Animated Movie: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, 399 swear words
- Star Of Most Films Earning Over US$ 100 Million: Harrison Ford, 15 films
- Longest Movie Title: Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D
- Most Translated (Dubbed) Movie: Jesus, 971 languages[1]
- Movie shown at most screens in the US: Shrek 2, 4,163 screens
- Highest Grossing Film (adjusted for inflation): Gone With the Wind, US$ 3,785,107,801
- Highest Grossing Film (unadjusted for inflation): Titanic $1.8 billion worldwide[2]
- Biggest Opening Weekend Gross: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, US$ 135,634,554
- Biggest Opening Day Gross: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, US$ 55,830,600
- Biggest One Day Gross: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, US$ 55,830,600
- Fastest Movie to Gross 100 Million US$: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2 Days
- Fastest Movie to Gross 200 Million US$: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 8 Days
- Fastest Movie to Gross 300 Million US$: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 16 Days
- Fastest Movie to Gross 1 Billion US$: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 9 Weeks
- Longest First-Run of a Film in One Cinema:Romance on Lushan Mountain, From July 12, 1980 up to present
[edit] Music
- Highest Grossing tour by a Female Artist:[Madonna] ["Confessions Tour"]
- Most Successful Remix Album: Blood on the Dance Floor/HIStory in the Mix by Michael Jackson
- Loudest Band of all Time: Manowar
- Highest earning female singer of all time: Madonna
- Highest number of songs sung by an individual : S P Balasubramaniam
- Longest Violin marathon by an individual: L. Athira Krishna , 32 hours
- Longest-Running Rock Group Fan Club: Queen
- The largest rock star benefit concert: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
- Biggest All-Time Sales For A Band: The Beatles
- Fastest Selling Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Eminem
- Biggest All-Time Sales for A Solo Artist: Michael Jackson
- Biggest All-Time Sales For A Female Artist: Madonna
- Biggest All-Time Sales For A Female Group: Destiny's Child
- Biggest Selling Artist in Japan: Utada Hikaru
- Most expletives in a #1 song. "Fuck It" by Eamon Doyle
- Best Selling Single: "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John and "White Christmas (song)" by Bing Crosby. (Virtual tie between the two).
- Biggest Selling Album of All-Time: Thriller by Michael Jackson
- Biggest Selling Female Album of All Time: Come On Over by Shania Twain (Whitney Houston's The BodyGuard is a soundtrack, not a studio album, it also has songs from other artists included.)
- Most aired music video: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana from 1991 album Nevermind.
- Most covered song: "Yesterday", by The Beatles, (more than 3000 covers)
- Song with the most number of independent versions (i.e) by independent artists : "Yesterday", by The Beatles
- The Most performed song ever: "Imagine" by John Lennon
- Largest Selling Record till date : "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles.
- Most Awarded Recording Artist in Music's History: Michael Jackson
- Most Awarded Female Artist Ever: Whitney Houston
- Most expensive Music Video ever: "Scream" by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
- Longest Album Title: When the Pawn..., by Fiona Apple. (90 words)
- Shortest Song: "You Suffer", by Napalm Death. (1.316 s)
- Most #1 songs of all time: 30 (Elvis Presley)
- Most #1 songs by a band: 27 (The Beatles)
- Most #1 songs by a Male Artist: 30, 19 November 2006 (UTC) (Elvis Presley)
- Most #1 songs by a Female Artist (Mariah Carey)
- Consecutive singles released that hit #1: 7 (Whitney Houston)
- First 5 singles released that hit #1: Mariah Carey
- Most vocal range for a Male Artist: Adam Lopez (5-7 octaves)
- Most vocal range for a Female Artist: Georgia Brown
- Longest run at #1 by a female group: "Independent Women Part I", by Destiny's Child (2001)
- Shortest Music Video: Collateral Damage, by Brutal Truth. (2.18 seconds)
- Longest Music Video: Ghosts, by Michael Jackson. (35 min)
- First completely sampled album: Endtroducing....., by DJ Shadow (1996).
- Most Successful Virtual Band: Gorillaz
- Best Selling Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Tupac Shakur & Eminem (Virtual tie between the two).
- Loudest musical instrument and biggest organ in the world: Boardwalk Hall Organ, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Youngest Person to have a #1 single: Jordy (4½), "Dur dur d'être bébé" ("It's Tough to Be a Baby")
- Best Selling debut album by a female artist: Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette; 28,000,000 Worldwide Sales
- Longest still existing music band: The Rolling Stones (although much lesser known group The Southlanders have actually been around for longer)
- Top grossing tour ever: 437 Million dollars "A Bigger Bang Tour": The Rolling Stones
- Oldest female Singer at #1 in Billboard and World Charts: Cher
[edit] Internet
- Largest user-created encyclopedia: Wikipedia-1,515,222 + (in English (4 December 2006))
[edit] Eating and Drinking Records
- Bicycle: Michel Lotito (Monsieur Mangetout), 10 bicycles consumed between 1966 and 1990
- Beer speed drinking record (1 liter in 1.3 seconds). [3]
[edit] Painting
- Largest collection of fake masterpieces: 3,500, owned by Christophe Petyt
- Youngest professional artist: 3-years old record held by Dante Lamb.
[edit] Political entities
[edit] Independent countries
- Largest by population: China, 1.3 billion
- Smallest by population: Vatican City, 783
- (Note Pitcairn Islands, a British overseas territory, has a population of 67)
- Largest by surface area: Russia, 17,075,200 km²
- Smallest by surface area: Vatican City, 0.44 km²
- Most densely populated country: Monaco, 18,078 per km²
- Least densely populated country: Mongolia, 1.7 per km²
- Newest country (as a successor state): Serbia (declared independence on the 5 June 2006, the successor state to Serbia & Montenegro)
- Newest country (otherwise): Montenegro (declared independence on 3 June 2006)
- Oldest Constitutional Republic Country: San Marino, 3 September 301
- Longest Land Boundaries: China, 22,117 km
[edit] Towns & Cities
- Largest city in population: Greater Tokyo Area, 35,327,000
- Most Densly Populated City: Malé, Maldives 48,007km²
[edit] International Organisations & Treaties
- Largest international organisation: United Nations, 192 nations
- Largest trade bloc (in the number of people): South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (1,467,255,669)
- Largest trade bloc (in terms of GDP (PPP)): North American Free Trade Agreement (USD 12,889,900 million)
- Oldest alliance treaty still in operation: Treaty of Windsor between England and Portugal (1386)
[edit] Parliaments and Parliamentarians
- Oldest parliament: Althing, Iceland (founded 930)
- Largest parliament: National People's Congress, China 2,937 members
- Smallest parliament: National Council, Monaco, 24 members
- Largest cabinet: State Council, China, 50 members
- First country to allow women the vote: New Zealand (1893)
- First country to allow women to stand for election, Norway (1907)
- Oldest parliamentarian to win an election: Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina for the Republicans, United States of America, 1996), aged 94.
- Youngest parliamentarian to win an election: Ivan Yates, elected to Dail Eireann, Ireland for the Wexford constitutency in the Irish general election, 1981 on June 11, 1981, aged 21 years, 7 months, 19 days.
- First transexual parliamentarian: Georgina Beyer, (Wairarapa for the Labour Party, New Zealand, 1999)
[edit] Heads of State
- Oldest monarchy: Imperial House of Japan, Japan (said to go back to 11 February 660 BCE)
- Longest currently serving head of state: King Rama IX of Thailand, since 1946
- Longest serving head of state ever: King Pepi II of Egypt, 2221 BC - 2118 BC (94 years).
- Oldest serving President of a country: Ratu Josefa Iloilo Uluivuda of the Fiji at 86 years as of year 2006.
- Most number of heads of state: Technically, all the seven members of the Federal Council in Switzerland are the heads of state. They are Moritz Leuenberger (who is the president of the council in 2006), Pascal Couchepin, Samuel Schmid, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Christoph Blocher, Hans-Rudolf Merz and Doris Leuthard.
- Longest monarchy by age: King Louis XIV age 5, rule lasted 72 years.
[edit] Money
| The highest valued currency unit | Kuwaiti dinar (KWD), (KWD 1 = USD 3.457 815, EUR 2.696 590) |
| The lowest valued currency unit | Vietnamese dong (VND), (VND 1 = USD 0.000 062 243, EUR 0.000 049 126) |
| Highest rate of inflation | Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD), 1 204.6% |
| Highest of inflation (historical) | Hungarian pengő (HUP), 41 900 000 000 000 000% (1946) |
| Lowest rate of inflation | Barbadian dollar (BBD), -0.5% (2005) |
| Highest GDP per capita | Luxembourg, USD 72 945, EUR 57 573 (2005) |
| Lowest GDP per capita | Malawi, USD 596, EUR 470 (2005) |
| Highest rate of income tax | Denmark, the top rate of income tax is 59% |
| Highest rate of income tax (historical) | Sweden, the top rate of income tax was 102% |
| Lowest rate of income tax | Andorra, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bahrain, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Kuwait, Monaco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, UAE and Vanuatu, all have no income tax |
| Highest general rate of sales tax/VAT | Norway, Sweden and Denmark, 25% |
[edit] Language
| Language with most number of speakers | Mandarin Chinese (1.08 billion) |
| Language isolate with most number of speakers | Korean (78 million) |
| Constructed language with most number of speakers | Esperanto (between 100,000 and 2 million) |
| Most widespread spoken language | English (73 countries and territories, See: List of countries where English is an official language) |
| Largest language family in terms of number of languages | Niger-Congo languages, 1514 languages |
| Longest Alphabet (with individual letters) | Georgian alphabet (41 letters, ა ბ გ დ ე ვ ზ ჱ თ ი კ ლ მ ნ ჲ ო პ ჟ რ ს ტ ჳ უ ფ ქ ღ ყ შ ჩ ც ძ წ ჭ ხ ჴ ჯ ჰ ჵ ჶ ჷ ჸ) |
| Shortest Alphabet | Rotokas alphabet, (12 letters, A E I G K O P R S T U V) |
| Language with the most number of words | English (990,000 words) |
[edit] Man-made objects
[edit] Buildings
[edit] General records
- Tallest buildings and structures: see World's tallest structures.
- Largest single-roof building: Millennium Dome, diameter 365 m
- Largest wooden structure: Daibutsuden (Great Buddha Hall), Todai-ji, Nara
- Oldest wooden structures: Horyu-ji, Nara
- Fastest wooden roller coaster: Son of Beast
- Fastest and tallest roller coaster: Kingda Ka
[edit] Bridges
[edit] Tunnels
[edit] Monuments
- Pyramids
- Largest: Great Pyramid of Cholula, 4.45 million m³
- Tallest: Great Pyramid of Giza, 138.8 m (height today), 146.6 m (formerly height)
[edit] Food
- Longest hot dog and bun: World's Longest Hot Dog,Hill Meat Co. and Franz Family Bakery, 104 feet 9 inches (31.93 m).
[edit] Sculpture
- Heaviest sculpture: Statue of Liberty, 24000 tons (48 million lb)
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Commercial aircraft
- Largest: Antonov An-225
- Largest passenger aircraft: Airbus A380
[edit] Military
- Army
- Largest Infantry: People's Liberation Army, China
- Navy
- Naval vessels
- Largest displacement: Nimitz class aircraft carrier, 101,000 to 104,000 tons full load
- Longest: USS Enterprise (CVN-65), 1,123 feet (342.3 m)
- Largest Battleship: Japanese battleship Yamato, 65,000 tons (72,808 t)
- Airforce
- Largest Airforce: United States Air Force, United States of America
- Largest military aircraft: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, Length: 247 ft 1 in (75.3 m) Wingspan: 222 ft 9 in (67.89 m) Height: 65 ft 1 in (19.84 m)
[edit] Infrastructure
- Steepest street: Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
[edit] Spaceflight
[edit] Places of worship
- Churches
- Largest: Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro
- Tallest: Ulm Munster
[edit] Physical phenomena
[edit] Geography
[edit] Islands
- Largest: Officially, Greenland. Australia is sometimes considered an island but is more commonly defined as a continental mass.
- Remotest inhabited: Tristan da Cunha
[edit] Lakes
- Fresh water lakes
- Deepest: Lake Baikal, 1,637 m
- Largest by surface area: Lake Superior, 82,000 km²
- Largest by volume: Lake Baikal, 23,000 km³
- Salt water lakes
- Largest: Caspian Sea, 371,000 km²
[edit] Mountains
- Highest: Mount Everest, 8,848 m (see measurement section on Everest page)
- Highest known mountain in the Solar System: Olympus Mons, Mars (approx: 27 km)
- Smallest: Taal Volcano, Philippines
[edit] Waterfalls
- Highest: Angel Falls, 979 m
- Highest single drop : Kaieteur Falls, 226 m (741 feet)
- Widest: Victoria Falls, ~1 mile
- Highest Volume:Boyoma Falls,17.000m³/s(600.000ft³/s)
[edit] Rivers
- Largest average discharge: Amazon, 219,000 m³/s
- Longest: Nile, 6,695 km (matter of dispute, see also List of rivers by length)
- Shortest: Roe River, 201 ft (61 m)
- Longest canal: Grand Canal of China 1,794 km
[edit] Geology
[edit] Caves
- Deepest: Voronya Cave, 2,080 m
- Largest cave system: Mammoth Cave, 52,835 acres
- Largest open space: Sarawak chamber 2,300 feet (700 m) long, 1,300 feet (396 m) wide and at least 230 feet (70 m) high.
[edit] Gemstones
- Diamonds
- Largest cut diamond: The Golden Jubilee, 545.67 carats (109.13 g)
- Largest uncut diamond: Cullinan Diamond, 3,106.75 carats (621.350 g)
- Rubies
- Largest cut ruby: Rajaratna Ruby, 2,475 carats (495.0 g)
[edit] Biological phenomenona
[edit] General records
- Largest organism:
- Smallest genome: Mycoplasma genitalium, 580,000 base pairs
[edit] Animals
[edit] General
- Largest land animal: African Elephant, 7 tons
[edit] Invertebrates
- Largest: Colossal Squid
- Longest: Arctic Lion's Mane Jellyfish tentacles up to 120 feet long [1]
[edit] Birds
- Largest: Ostrich, up to 155 kg (340 pounds)
- Greatest wingspan: Wandering albatross, up to 3.45 m (10.2 feet)
[edit] Mammals
- Fastest: Cheetah, up to 100 km/h (62 mp/h)
- Largest: Blue whale, 140 tons
- Smallest: Pygmy Shrew, 2.5 g (38.58 grains)
- Smallest cattle: Vechur cow 1.24 m (48.8 in) long, 0.87 m (34.25 in) tall.
- Smallest breed of dog: chihuahua
- Tallest dog: Irish Wolfhound, up to 8 feet upright; the tallest recorded was 5 feet at the shoulders.
[edit] Bacteria and archea
- Largest: Thiomargarita namibiensis, 0.75 mm
- Largest number of genes: Streptomyces coelicolor
- Smallest genome: Mycoplasma genitalium, 580,000 base pairs
[edit] Plants
- Largest: General Sherman tree
- Largest flower: Rafflesia arnoldii, 11 kg
- Largest seed: Coco de mer
- Oldest: Bristlecone Pine, Methuselah, 4,700 years
[edit] References and Notes
- References
- Guinness Book of World Records, 1990-2006 editions.
- Footnotes
- ^ http://jesusfilm.org/progress/translations.html
- ^ http://filmsite.org/boxoffice.html
- ^ http://beerrecord.com
[edit] External links
Wikinews has news related to:
- Official Website for Guinness Book of World Records
- The Guinness World Records: the Records Homepage
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