which place in india holds the guinness world record for being the wettest place on earth
Mawsynram


Mawsynram () is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in north eastern India, 65 kilometres from Shillong. Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India and the World. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of , but that claim is disputed by Lloró, Colombia, which reported an average yearly rainfall of between 1952 and 1989 and López de Micay, also in Colombia, which reported per year between 1960 and 2012. According to the "Guinness Book of World Records
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Climate of India


precipitation of in the village of Mawsynram, in the hilly northeastern state of Meghalaya, is the highest recorded in Asia, and possibly on Earth. The village, which sits at an elevation of , benefits from its proximity to both the Himalayas and the Bay of Bengal. However, since the town of Cherrapunji, to the east, is the nearest town to host a meteorological office—none has ever existed in Mawsynram—it is officially credited as being the world's wettest place. In recent years the Cherrapunji-Mawsynram
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Aasutosh Panigrahi


Aasutosh Panigrahi is an artist and a Guinness World Record holder. He presently holds the record for World's Largest Indoor Mural. The award was acknowledged by Guinness World Records in August 2005. The largest indoor mural measures 904 m² (9,731 ft²) and was painted by six artists from 27 February to 5 March 2005 at Shyam Vatika, Saraswati Estate, Cimmco Tiraha, Gwalior, India. The painting was co-ordinated by a professional mural artist (Aasutosh Panigrahi) and the owner of the place R P Maheshwary and Ankur
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Cherrapunji


Cherrapunji (; with the native name Sohra being more commonly used, and can also be spelled Cherrapunjee or Cherrapunji) is a subdivisional town in the East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. It is the traditional capital of ka "hima" Nongkhlaw (Khasi tribal kingdom) Cherrapunji has often been credited as being the wettest place on Earth, but for now nearby Mawsynram currently holds that distinction. Cherrapunji still holds the all-time record for the most rainfall in a calendar month and in a year, however:
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Earth rainfall climatology


southward thereafter. Its poleward progression is accelerated by the onset of the summer monsoon which is characterized by the development of lower air pressure (a thermal low) over the warmest part of Asia. Cherrapunji, situated on the southern slopes of the Eastern Himalaya in Shillong, India is one of the wettest places on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,430 mm (450 in). The highest recorded rainfall in a single year was 22,987 mm (904.9 in) in 1861. The 38-year average at Mawsynram, Meghalaya,
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Pi


the actual length and the direct distance between source and mouth. Piphilology is the practice of memorizing large numbers of digits of , and world-records are kept by the "Guinness World Records". The record for memorizing digits of , certified by Guinness World Records, is 70,000 digits, recited in India by Rajveer Meena in 9 hours and 27 minutes on 21 March 2015. In 2006, Akira Haraguchi, a retired Japanese engineer, claimed to have recited 100,000 decimal places, but the claim was not verified by Guinness World
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Tourism in India by state


around the world. This statue holds the Guinness world record for the tallest Jain Idol. Manipur as the name suggest is a land of jewels. Its rich culture excels in every aspects as in martial arts, dance, theatre and sculpture. The charm of the place is the greenery with the moderate climate making it a tourists' heaven. The and seasonal Shirui lily at Ukhrul district, sangai (brow antlered deer) and the floating islands at Loktak Lake are few of the rare things found in Manipur. Polo, which
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Body piercing


one set of piercings in the lower lobe of the ears and no other place on the body. Wearing of very large nose rings on "Shabbat" is forbidden by the Talmud. In 2018 the first piercing business in the UAE was opened in Dubai by American piercer, Maria Tash. Officially titled "Most Pierced Woman", Elaine Davidson of Brazil holds the Guinness World Record for most permanent piercings, first setting this record in 2000 upon verification by Guinness judges of 462 body piercings, with 192 at the time being around
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Rain


record in 1982. Its summit is considered one of the rainiest spots on earth, with a reported 350 days of rain per year. br Lloró, a town situated in Chocó, Colombia, is probably the place with the largest rainfall in the world, averaging per year. The Department of Chocó is extraordinarily humid. Tutunendaó, a small town situated in the same department, is one of the wettest estimated places on Earth, averaging per year; in 1974 the town received , the largest annual rainfall measured in Colombia.
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Sound 80


", a Minneapolis based keyboard/synthesizer dealer. The Sound 80 building was sold around 1990, but the original recording studio still exists and is now home to Orfield Labs who operate an Eckel Industries-designed anechoic chamber. At −13 dB, it is listed as "the quietest place on Earth" by the "Guinness Book of World Records". Sound 80 was listed in Guinness again in 2006 as the "Oldest Digital Recording Studio in the World". Sound80 continues today under the ownership of Jan Erickson. Erickson
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Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega


Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega (English: "Guinness World Records – Now India will Break") is a reality TV show based on the Guinness Book of World Records. The show, which was hosted by Preity Zinta and Shabbir Ahluwalia, premiered on 18 March 2011 to an audience measurement of 3.3 rating points. Each episode presents different individuals trying to break official world records. The format of the show is similar to that of previous TV shows based on the book of world records. The show's initial goal
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City of Illusions


City of Illusions is a 1967 science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. It is set on Earth in the distant future, and is part of her Hainish Cycle. "City of Illusions" lays the foundation for the Hainish cycle which is a fictional world in which the majority of Ursula K. Le Guin's science fiction novels take place. "City of Illusions" takes place on Earth, also known as Terra, in the future, twelve hundred years after an enemy named the Shing has broken the power
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Rayalaseema


Hills, Kuppam and Talakona of Chittoor district. Thimmama Marrimanu, world's largest banyan tree, covering and 550 years old. It holds a Guinness record. It is situated Near Kadiri, 120 kilometres from Anantapur. Rayalaseema has many important places of pilgrimage. Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, abode of Lord Venkateswara is the richest and the most visited place of worship in the world. The other being Srisailam, Ahobilam, Srikalahasti, Kanipakam, Kadiri, Rayadurgam, Penna Ahobilam, Mahanandi, Mantralayam, Puttaparthi, Yaganti, Lepakshi, Ontimitta
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PlanetSide 2


territorial control of the planet Auraxis. "PlanetSide 2" was released for the PlayStation 4 in June 2015. "PlanetSide 2" holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest first-person shooter battle, with over 1158 players being recorded in a single battle. "PlanetSide 2" is a re-imagining of "PlanetSide", featuring the same world and factions, and taking place at roughly the same time period. As in the previous game, it features territory control in open-world, large battles featuring up
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Andhra Pradesh


known as "Tollywood") is the second-largest film industry in India next to the Bollywood film industry. Film producer D. Ramanaidu holds a Guinness Record for the most films produced by a person. In the years 2005, 2006 and 2008, the Telugu film industry produced the largest number of films in India, exceeding the number of films produced in Bollywood. The industry holds the Guinness World Record for the largest film production facility in the world. Telugu people's traditional sweet Pootharekulu originated from Atreyapuram village, Andhra Pradesh
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Liverpool


with the city holding the title of European Capital of Culture, during which time a wide range of cultural celebrations took place in the city, including Go Superlambananas! and La Princesse. Liverpool has also held Europe's largest music and poetry event, the Welsh national Eisteddfod, three times, despite being in England, in 1884, 1900, and 1929. Liverpool is internationally known for music and is recognised by "Guinness World Records" as the "World Capital City of Pop". Musicians from the city have produced 56
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Guinness World Records: The Videogame


as possible. The player's score is placed on a scoreboard at the end of the round, and is then compared over the internet to other player's scores. The game shows trivia about real-life world records on the menu and during loading screens. "Guinness World Records: The Videogame" received mixed reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the game holds scores of 70/100 for the Nintendo DS version based on 4 reviews, and 67/100 for the Wii version based on 12 reviews. On GameRankings, the
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Guinness


. "Arthur's Day is a series of events and celebrations taking place around the world to celebrate the life and legacy of Arthur Guinness and the much-loved Guinness beer which Arthur brought to the world." In 2006, sales of Guinness in Ireland and the United Kingdom declined 7 per cent. Despite this, Guinness still accounts for more than a quarter of all beer sold in Ireland. By 2015, sales were on the rise in Ireland but flat globally. Guinness began retailing in India in 2007. Guinness has
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Oldest town in Britain


years or more. There is strong evidence to support the case that people settled in Thatcham in the Mesolithic Age (10,000 BC - 4,000 BC). Thatcham has strong evidence that it was settled by the Romans, then Saxons, and was mentioned in the Domesday Book. Subsequently, it received medieval charters. Thatcham has a place in the 1990 Guinness World Records as being the strongest claimant to the longest continually inhabited settlement in the UK. It is mentioned in the 1993 Guinness World Records book as an example of a place
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Rhododendron arboreum


It has been recorded as reaching heights of up to 20 m, although more usually it has a height and spread up to 12 m (36 ft) x 12 m (36 ft). This plant holds the Guinness Record for World's Largest Rhododendron. The tree discovered in 1993 at Mount Japfu in Kohima district of Nagaland, India, holds the Guinness Record for the tallest Rhododendron at 108 ft measured at the time of discovery which is still growing. In early- and mid-spring, trusses of 15–20 bell-
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Lloró


Lloró is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. It claims the second world record for highest average annual precipitation with , after López de Micay, which holds the record with . The rainfall data was measured in its Agricultural Farm, managed by the University of Bogotá, between 1952 and 1989. If accurate, that would make it the wettest place in the world. The town is named for Gioró, a pre-Columbian indigenous chief. An 1853 watercolor by Manuel María Paz portrays two men in straw hats
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Piphilology


2006, Akira Haraguchi, a retired Japanese engineer, claimed to have recited 100,000 decimal places, but the claim was not verified by Guinness World Records. David Fiore was an early record holder for pi memorization. Fiore's record stood as an American record for more than 27 years, which remains the longest time period for an American recordholder. He was the first person to break the 10,000 digit mark. Suresh Kumar Sharma holds Limca Book of Records for the most decimal places of pi recited by memory. He rattled off 70,030
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Kshipra Joshi


Kshipra Joshi (born 1994, in Mumbai) is a former Indian rhythmic gymnast who competed in the 2010 World Gymnastics Championships as well as in the commonwealth games for India. She also holds the "Guinness World Record" for 18 rotations in a 180-degree balance position in one minute, the record made on 21 March 2011 on the set of "Guinness World Records - Ab India Todega" in Mumbai. She was awarded the "Shiv Chhatrapati Krida Puraskar" in March 2011 by the Government of Maharashtra. Joshi currently coaches at
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Tiger Woods


= withdrewbr "T" indicates a tie for a place *As of June 2, 2019 Woods claimed 17 "Guinness World Records", within golf and 3 other records related to his appearance in the video game. After Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps, he holds the third highest number of Guinness World Records claimed by a sportsman within one discipline. When Woods first joined the PGA Tour in 1996, his long drives had a large impact on the world of golf, but he did not upgrade his equipment in the following
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Ian Sayer


Queen Victoria to expressly commemorate the fact that his grandmother's six brothers were, in 1900, simultaneously serving under the colours in places as far afield as India and South Africa. In 1974 Sayer had become fascinated by an entry in "Guinness World Records" (formerly known as "The Guinness Book of Records") under the heading ‘World’s Greatest Robbery’. In 1945 the Nazi regime sent its remaining gold and currency reserves to Bavaria where it was hidden in the mountains. With the war over, the US
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Sampakhanda


elevation, relative humidity affects the climate because of ocean proximity. So, day time becomes hotter and nights becomes colder than usual weather at this elevation. The maximum temperature recorded is 40.2°C and minimum temperature recorded is 3.2°C. The average temperature here is 21.6°C.Highly influenced by south west monsoon, This region records as one of the wettest place in the world and holds one of the place in UNESCO hottest hot spot " Western Ghats ". The average rainfall here is 5804mm. This village is surrounded
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B'z


the favorite song to relief stress their song "Ultra Soul" was ranked as second. In 2015 were reported certified sales of 35,809,000 single copies, for which held the first place until December 2015. In 2017 were reported certified sales of 46,576,000 album copies, for which still hold the first place, and with joint sales of more than 82 million certified records are ranked as the best selling music act in Japan. In 2008, for their 20th anniversary were awarded a "Guinness World Record" for "Best selling album act
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Cheraw dance


Cheraw dance is a traditional cultural dance performed in Mizoram, India, consisting of mostly six to eight people holding a pairs of bamboo staves on another horizontally placed bamboo on the ground. The male performers then clap the bamboos rhythmically while groups of beautiful girls dance in intricate steps between the beating bamboos . It is the most famous and beautiful dance in Mizoram, and is the center of attraction during festive occasions. Similar dances are found in the Far East and in the Philippines. In 2010,a Guinness World Record of largest number of
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Rain


Oscillation affects the precipitation distribution, by altering rainfall patterns across the western United States, Midwest, the Southeast, and throughout the tropics. There is also evidence that global warming is leading to increased precipitation to the eastern portions of North America, while droughts are becoming more frequent in the tropics and subtropics. Cherrapunji, situated on the southern slopes of the Eastern Himalaya in Shillong, India is the confirmed wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of . The highest recorded rainfall in a single year was in 1861.
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Chum Darang


one of the finalists of "North East Diva" 2014 and 2nd Runners up place in "Miss Himalaya" 2015. She participated in Miss Earth India 2016 contest which sends its winner to Miss Earth and won Miss Earth India Water 2016. She represented India in "Miss Asia World" 2017 beauty pageant, competed with contestants from 24 countries and stood 5th Runners Up and won a subtitle "Miss Internet". She currently holds the crown of "Miss Tiara India International" 2017. She also won two subtitles "Miss
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López de Micay


López de Micay () is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. The Colombian meteorological service IDEAM reports an average annual precipitation of , potentially making it the wettest inhabited place in the world; however, another source states a lower average of . It is one of the wettest places on the Earth, with at least some amount of rain falling almost every day, with frequent downpours and torrential rain that causes flash flooding. López de Micay has an extremely wet tropical rainforest climate (Köppen "Af")
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Davis Men's Crew Club


Association national championships. Notable alumni include Seth Weil (Class of 2011), who rowed in the USA men's coxless four at the 2016 Rio Olympics and who holds two world rowing championship first place titles in the mens four; as well as Carlo Facchino (Class of 1996) who holds a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest Pacific Ocean crossing from Monterey, CA to Honolulu, Hawaii with a time of 39 days, 9 hours and 56 minutes. Founded in 1977, the Davis Men's
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Jagdish Raj


Jagdish Raj Khurana (; 1928 – 28 July 2013) was a Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor. He played a police inspector in 144 films. He was born in 1928 in the town of Sargodha, British India, which is now in Pakistan. His daughter Anita Raj was also a Bollywood actress. Jagdish Raj had the record of playing a police officer 144 times in various Bollywood films. Some of his popular movies include "Deewar", "Don", "
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Manjit Singh (strongman)


Manjit Singh is a strongman originally from India, who moved to Leicestershire in 1977. He holds a number of Guinness World Records for feats of strength concerned with pulling large obstacles. Singh has recently come to greater attention in the UK after his appearance in the third series of "Britain's Got Talent". He is a serial breaker and setter of Guinness World Records and at last count is noted as holding 31, including pulling an empty double-decker bus over 55 feet with his teeth, pulling a double-decker
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Ebenezer Place, Wick


Ebenezer Place, in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, is credited by the Guinness Book of Records as being the world's shortest street at . The street has only one address: the entrance to No. 1 Bistro, which is part of Mackays Hotel. The hotel has other frontages onto Union Street and River Street, with its main entrance on Union Street. Ebenezer Place originated in 1883, when 1 Ebenezer Place was constructed; the owner of the building was instructed to display a name on the shortest side of the hotel
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Ashrita Furman


Ashrita Furman (born Keith Furman, September 16, 1954) is a "Guinness World Records" record-breaker. As of 2017, Furman has set more than 600 official Guinness Records and currently holds 226 records. His most recent record is 26 watermelons sliced on his stomach in one minute thus holding the Guinness world record for the most Guinness world records. He has been breaking records since 1979. Furman was born in 1954 in Brooklyn, New York. He was fascinated with the "Guinness Book of World Records"
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International Kite Festival in Gujarat – Uttarayan


Tourism Corporation of Gujarat mentioned that the International Kite Festival in Gujarat was attempting to enter the Guinness World Records book due to the participation of 42 countries in it that year. The International Kite Festival takes place in Gujarat India. The festival is called Uttarayan. The festival is celebrated in many cities of Gujarat, Telangana and Rajasthan like Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Udaipur,Jodhpur, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Hyderabad, Nadiad, Dakor. However, the International Kite Event takes place in Ahmedabad (Kite capital of Gujarat) which
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Mount Waialeale


" quote 335 days with rain here while suggests that rain falls on 360 days per year. The local tourist industry of Kauai has promoted it as the wettest spot, although the 38-year average at Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India is higher at . Both Mawsynram and Cherrapunji in Meghalaya are recognized by the "Guinness Book of World Records" as having higher average rainfall. Mawsynram's rainfall is concentrated in the monsoon season, while the rain at Waiʻaleʻale is more evenly distributed through the year. Several factors give the summit of Waialeale more
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Sirsi, Karnataka


among Karnataka especially during summer season. In the year 2014, Kakkali a village about 15km from Sirsi was the wettest place in Western Ghats and in South India. 8746mm of rainfall recorded in that year surpassing the wet places Agumbe and Hulikal so-called as Cheerapunji of South India. As of 2011, the population of Sirsi within town limits was 62,335. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Sirsi had an average literacy rate of 92.82%, which was much higher than the national average
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Globe Rowing Club


; and for a time used a decommissioned landing craft moored opposite the Union Tavern (today The Cutty Sark) at Ballast Quay. Globe was only the second club in East London after Curlew Rowing Club to hold club regattas, with the earliest taking place shortly after the end of the Second World War, the participants being watermen working on nearby Thames shuttles and barges. The club was also the first rowing club in East London to use an eight. In August 1981, members of Globe Rowing Club set a Guinness World Record
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Monsoon of South Asia


The monsoon turns large parts of India from semi-deserts into green grasslands. See photos taken only three months apart in the Western Ghats. Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, both in the Indian state of Meghalaya, alternate as the wettest places on Earth given the quantity of their rainfall, though there are other cities with similar claims. They receive more than 11,000 millimeters of rain each from the monsoon. In India, which has historically had a primarily agrarian economy, the services sector recently overtook the farm sector in terms of GDP contribution
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Ryan Hart


Damagermany 2011 and Evolution Championship 2011, while also placing 2nd at Shadowloo Showdown 2011 for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. This would also be the year that Hart got his first Guinness World Record for defeating 169 people in a row. Hart accomplished this using the character Sagat, with his fastest victory being just a mere 7 seconds. This lead to Hart being featured within the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2011. 2012 was a very busy year for Hart within , he managed to win multiple events; Berlin Campus Party,
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Vaal Dam


Lake Deneys Yacht Club— a race that has been in the Guinness Book of Records for being the "Most Yachts in an Inland Yacht Race in the World", in which 389 craft crossed the finish line. This race has entered the Guinness Book of Records for the most boats in an inland yacht race. Several large events take place here including Keelboat Week and the Bayshore 200 km jetski race, and now the Bayshore Marina Vaal Dam Treasure Hunt. Lake Deneys Yacht Club and Pennant Nine Yacht Club partnered the organisation of
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Miller Place, New York


3–5), North Country Road Middle School (6–8), and the Miller Place High School (9–12). The high school has been ranked the 78th in the nation for students taking AP classes. Miller Place has garnered some renown for being the home of the Miller Place Panthers High School badminton team, which has earned recognition in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for having the longest winning streak in team sports history. "The Streak" began in the spring of 1973 and came to an end on April
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The Great Picture


, The Great Picture (111 feet (34 m) wide and 32 feet (9.8 m) high) holds the Guinness World Record for the largest print photograph, and the camera with which it was made holds a record for being the world’s largest. The photograph was taken in 2006 as part of the Legacy Project, a photographic compilation and record of the history of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro as it is being transformed into the Orange County Great Park. The project used the abandoned F-18 hangar #115 at
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Gustave Brickner


his repeated attempts to swim the English Channel; he holds 2 world records for extreme swimming in the Guinness Book of World Records. Both may never be duplicated, but one in particular will definitely not. His official logged swimming distance is truly superhuman: 38,500 miles total (It is perhaps worth noting that the circumference of the entire Earth at the equator is "only" 24,901.55 miles, for comparison purposes). He also holds the world's record for time and low temperature submersion in icy waters: 6 minutes and 22
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Earth rainfall climatology


and Ecuador, then along the Atlantic coast of the Guyanas and far northern Brazil, as well as within the southern half of Chile. Lloró, a town situated in Chocó, Colombia, is probably the place with the largest measured rainfall in the world, averaging 13,300 mm per year (523.6 in). In fact, the whole Department of Chocó is extraordinarily humid. Tutunendo, a small town situated in the same department, is one of the wettest places on earth, averaging 11,394 mm per year (448 in)
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Akshardham (Delhi)


the Games, hundreds of athletes, teams, and enthusiasts from around the world visited the complex. On 14 November 2010, the Swaminarayan Research Institute at Akshardham was inaugurated through an event organised by the women's faction of the organisation, highlighting the value of seva, or socially beneficial volunteer efforts, in society through mandirs, churches, mosques, and other places of worship. On 17 December 2007, Michael Whitty, an official world record adjudicator for Guinness World Record, travelled to Ahmedabad, India to present a new world
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Shakuntala Devi


Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the "human computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of "The Guinness Book of World Records". Shakuntala Devi wrote a number of books in her later years, including novels as well as texts about mathematics, puzzles, and astrology. She wrote the book "The World of Homosexuals", which is considered the first study of homosexuality in India. She treated homosexuality in
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Kauai


is the Mt. Waialeale rain gauge. Mt. Waialeale is often cited in literature as being the wettest spot on earth, although this has been disputed. Based on data for the period from 1931 through 1960 the average yearly precipitation was (U.S. Environmental Science Services Administration, 1968). Between 1949 and 2004 the average yearly precipitation at Mt. Waialeale was . Not only does Kauai hold a record in average yearly precipitation, it also holds a record in hourly precipitation. During a storm on January 24–25, 1956, a rain gauge at
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Banzai skydiving


for 50 seconds after jumping before regaining and deploying his parachute. Details about the jump are sparse and it is unknown whether Kubo or another skydiver held onto the rig while falling. This won him a place in the Guinness World Records. This claim however was not witnessed by a Guinness Book of World Records official, but was witnessed by an unknown expert. No video or photographic evidence exists to support the claim. The Banzai skydiving category is still accepted in the "Guinness Book of World Records". Guinness cannot accept
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Great Guinness Toast


The Great Guinness Toast is an annual event that takes place across the world on, according to Guinness, the 13th of February. The event is considered to have repeatedly broken the world record for largest toast. There is much confusion concerning the actual date of the toast mainly due to a lack of information on the web. Many sites are non-Guinness affiliated and have the date listed as the "3rd Friday in February" which is inaccurate. However, Mullaney's Harp & Fiddle Pub in Pittsburgh, PA, the
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The Word for World Is Forest


World is Forest" is set in the fictional Hainish universe, which Le Guin introduced in her first novel "Rocannon's World", published in 1966. In this alternative history, human beings did not evolve on earth, but on Hain. The people of Hain colonized many neighboring planetary systems, including Terra (Earth) and Athshe, possibly a million years before the setting of the novels. The planets subsequently lost contact with each other, for reasons that Le Guin does not explain. Le Guin does not narrate the
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Climate of Asia


, situated on the southern slopes of the Eastern Himalayas in Shillong, India, is one of the wettest places on Earth. After the arrival at the Eastern Himalayas, the winds turns towards the west, travelling over the Indo-Gangetic Plain at a rate of roughly 1–2 weeks per state, pouring rain all along its way. June 1 is regarded as the date of onset of the monsoon in India, as indicated by the arrival of the monsoon in the southernmost state of Kerala. The monsoon accounts for 80% of
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Cinema of India


A. R. Rahman work in Tamil cinema. Art film directors include Santosh Sivan. Sridevi, Vyjayanthimala, Hema malini were debuted in Tamil films and became as female superstars ever in Indian cinema. India's most number of theaters are located in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana known for producing feature films in Telugu. Ramoji Film City, which holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest film production facility, is located in Hyderabad. Tollywood is the second largest industry after Bollywood interms of market and number films made in India. The
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Michael Phelps


is recognized by FINA; this achievement surpassed Mark Spitz's previous record of 33 world records (26 individual, 7 relay). However, Johnny Weissmuller is reported to have broken 67 official world records. All but two of the records were set in a long-course (50-meter) pool. , he holds four world records (indicated in bold), not including his records for most Olympic medals and most Olympic gold medals ever won by one person. Phelps holds 26 Guinness World Records which predominantly consist of accumulative Guinness
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2013 extreme weather events


history. Germany and areas of Central Europe had their wettest ever May, followed by the severe flooding during the 2013 European floods. In late June 2013, an intense heat wave struck Southwestern United States. Various places in Southern California reached up to . On June 30, Death Valley, California, hit which is the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth during the month of June. It was five degrees shy of the highest temperature recorded in Death Valley, which was , recorded in July 1913. After six days in early
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Guinness World Records


human tolerance levels. There have been instances of closed records being reopened. For example, the sword swallowing record was listed as closed in the 1990 "Guinness Book of World Records", but the "Guinness World Records Primetime" TV show, which started in 1998, accepted three sword swallowing challenges, and so did the 2007 edition of the "Guinness World Records" onwards. Similarly, the speed beer drinking records which were dropped from the book in 1991, reappeared 17 years later in the 2008 edition, but were
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Monsoon


do not receive much rain from this monsoon as the wind does not cross the Western Ghats. The "Bay of Bengal Branch" of Southwest Monsoon flows over the Bay of Bengal heading towards North-East India and Bengal, picking up more moisture from the Bay of Bengal. The winds arrive at the Eastern Himalayas with large amounts of rain. Mawsynram, situated on the southern slopes of the Khasi Hills in Meghalaya, India, is one of the wettest places on Earth. After the arrival at the Eastern Himalayas, the
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Preity Zinta filmography


Naa Kehna", both of which performed well outside India. While she played a radio jockey in "Salaam Namaste", Zinta was seen as an unhappily married woman in the latter. She followed it with roles in the commercial failures "Jaan-E-Mann" (2006) and "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom" (2007). Zinta appeared in the Canadian film "Heaven on Earth" (2008), her first international production. In 2011, Zinta hosted the reality show "Guinness World Records – Ab India
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David Nelson (video game player)


David Nelson (born January 18, 1974 in New Hampshire) is an American arcade video game player who holds world record high scores listed in the 2008 Guinness World Records-Gamer's Edition. David Nelson has broken many world records while competing in classic arcade championships at the Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, New Hampshire. As of 2008, David Nelson held more than 20 world records on arcade and console game titles. In competitive play, Nelson took third place in the 2001 Classic Video Game World Championship. In
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Lucknow


Amity International School, St. Agnes, Army Public School, Mount Carmel College, Study Hall, Christ Church College, Rani Laxmi Bai School and Central Academy. City Montessori School, with over 20 branches spread throughout the city, is the only school in the world to have been awarded a UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. CMS also holds a Guinness World Record for being the largest school in the world with over 40,000 pupils. The school consistently ranks among the top schools of India. La Martiniere Lucknow, founded in 1845,
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Michael Wilson (basketball)


Michael Wilson is a former player of the Harlem Globetrotters and the University of Memphis, also known as 'Wild Thing'. Wilson, 6'5, holds the world record for the highest dunk. On April 1, 2000, Wilson dunked a basketball on a goal set at 3.65m (12 feet) from the floor; the feat placed him in the Guinness Book Of World Records, and broke a previous record held by former Arizona State University basketball star Joey Johnson, the younger brother of former NBA great Dennis Johnson.
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Tim Samaras


probes placed near Manchester, South Dakota on June 24, 2003. The accomplishment is listed in the "Guinness World Records" as "greatest pressure drop measured in a tornado". The probe was dropped in front of the oncoming tornado a mere 82 seconds before it hit. The measurement is also the lowest pressure, , ever recorded at Earth's surface when adjusted for elevation. Samaras later described the tornado as the most memorable of his career. Samaras' aerodynamic probes were a breakthrough design for survivability inside tornadoes. A
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Shishir Hathwar


Shishir Hathwar (born 27 February 1986) holds a world record for the fastest backwards spelling. He correctly spelled 50 randomly chosen words (20 six-letter words, 15 seven-letter words, 15 eight-letter words) backwards in 1 minute and 22.53 seconds, which qualified as a Guinness World Record, breaking the previous world record set by Job Pottas of Kerala, India on 12 March 2010. Pottas's time was 1 minute and 40.14 seconds. Hathwar won by over 17 seconds. Pottas performed his attempt on
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2014 Philippine Basketball Marathon


place in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 21–25, 2012 with the game duration of 112 hours and 13 seconds. The Philippine Basketball Marathon was a Guinness world record attempt to beat the record set at the Missouri Athletic Club which took place in St. Louis, Missouri, from March 21–25, 2012 with the game duration of 112 hours and 13 seconds. The Missouri match was between Team Joplin and Team St. Louis with the game ending 11,588–11,506 in favor of Team Joplin. Guinness laid provisions that 24 players in two teams were
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Guinness World Records


Guinness World Records, known from its inception from 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The brainchild of Sir Hugh Beaver, the book was co-founded by twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter in Fleet Street, London, in August 1954. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of
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Earth Platinum


Earth Platinum, published by Millennium House in 2012, is the world's largest atlas at . According to the Guinness World Records it surpasses the famous "Klencke Atlas" at the British Library, which held the record of the world's largest atlas since 1660. "Earth Platinum" weighs and has 128 pages, each of which is so large it takes two hands (or people) to turn a page. Published in Australia, with the help of a team of over 88 cartographers from around the world, the book
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Causeway School


rest of the school is located around the central courtyard area. The school has a very prominent glass bridge. The Causeway School is one of eight Eastbourne Area Secondary Schools that currently hold the Guinness World Record for the Largest Reading Lesson in Multiple Venues at 3509 participants. The event focused on reading skills using the poem "Half-caste" by local poet John Agard. The event took place in July 2014. The Causeway School has a house system in place. Each tutor is assigned a house, and the system is
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Ganesh Asirvatham


Ganesh Asirvatham is an English language teacher from Klang, Selangor. He is a "Scrabble" player who represents Malaysia in international competition. He was the World Scrabble Championship 2007 runner-up. Ganesh was also the former Guinness World Record holder for the most Scrabble opponents played simultaneously by one challenger. The record took place on 7 November 2007 at the Infiniti Mall in Andheri, Mumbai, India. Ganesh beat 21 out of 25 opponents during his record attempt. Ganesh achieved his best career WSC Rank 4 in 2005 and he
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Travelers' Century Club


" The club has no requirements as to how long the traveler must have stayed in a country to qualify. Anyone who has visited 100 or more of the places on the list is eligible to join. In 2004, club member Charles Veley was featured in the UK's "The Daily Telegraph" as the new holder of the Guinness world record for World's Most Travelled Man, but this was never reflected in the "Guinness Book of World Records". Instead Guinness retired the category citing lack of an objective standard for
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Precipitation


Intertropical Convergence Zone, itself the ascending branch of the Hadley cell. Mountainous locales near the equator in Colombia are amongst the wettest places on Earth. North and south of this are regions of descending air that form subtropical ridges where precipitation is low; the land surface underneath these ridges is usually arid, and these regions make up most of the Earth's deserts. An exception to this rule is in Hawaii, where upslope flow due to the trade winds lead to one of the wettest locations on Earth. Otherwise, the flow
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Snow angel


forth, creating a trough through the snow. When it is finished, the snow angel should have the appearance of a stylized angel, the movement of the arms having formed wings, and that of the legs having formed a gown. On March 28, 2007, Guinness World Records confirmed that North Dakota holds the world record for the most snow angels made simultaneously in one place. The event occurred on February 17, 2007 when 8,962 snow angels were created by people on the state capitol grounds in Bismarck. Previously, the
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Habib Miyan


Habib Miyan born as Rahim Khan (1869 (claimed) – 19 August 2008), of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, was an Indian man who claimed to have lived to 138 years of age, though this claim is disputed. He holds the Guinness World record for the Longest retirement pension. The Limca Book of Records lists him as the oldest man of Jaipur, describing him in its 2005 edition as "over 120 years", but since he had no birth certificate Guinness did not recognise his claim to be the
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HungryGoWhere


HungryGoWhere mobile app recorded 600,000 downloads with 100,000 monthly active users. Samsung phones sold by Singtel will find the app preinstalled in their phones. HungryGoWhere launched in the Malaysia market officially on 24 August 2013. It made its entry by setting a Guinness World Record with the longest line of Nasi Lemak Bunkus, which is Malaysia's national dish. The event took place at the ice-skating rink of Sunway Pyramid shopping mall, where the Guinness World Record adjudicator, Carim Valerio, verified that there were 11,315 packets of nasi lemak,
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Sword swallowing


of April 2013. Perth, WA, Australia. As of July 2016 The Space Cowboy currently holds 44 official Guinness World Records. He is Australia's most prolific record breaker. In 2009, the Guinness World Record for "Largest Curve in a Sword Swallowed" was achieved by Dai Andrews with a 120 degree curved sword. Brad Byers holds the Guinness World Record for "The Most Swords Swallowed and Twisted at One Time" by swallowing ten 27 inch swords one at a time and then twisting all ten swords 180 degrees in
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StarCraft


televised matches. By June 2007, "StarCraft" and "Brood War" had sold nearly 10 million copies combined. In addition, the series was awarded a star on the Walk of Game in 2006, and holds four "Guinness World Records" in the "Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition" of 2008. On March 27, 2017, Blizzard announced "", a remastered version of the original "StarCraft", with the core updates being up-to-date graphics, and revised dialogue and audio.
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Toots and the Maytals


day, successfully meeting the 24-hour deadline. Due to record label oversight, the achievement was not successfully registered with the "Guinness Book of World Records". Island Records' Rob Bell was quoted as saying, "Unfortunately, the record was "not" included in the Guinness book, because they required prior notification that the event was going to take place, and no one at Island had informed them of the project!" The record for "fastest album release" was not officially held in the "Guinness Book of
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Nina Williams


the "Hottest Female Fighting Character" in a 2008 poll by "Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition", also previously being voted number one in the "Hot" category by readers of French magazine "Consoles +" in 2004. She has been placed on many lists of most attractive female game characters, including being placed sixth by GameTrailers in 2007, 30th by GameDaily in 2008, 17th by UGO in 2011, 20th by Gadget Review in 2012, and 15th by GameHall's Portal PlayGame in 2014. "Maxim"
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Redhead Day


The documentary "Being Ginger" in a sold-out Chasse Theatre was shown twice during this year’s event. Once again on Sunday 1 September the 2012 record of "redheads in one place" was broken. Under the watchful eye of an official Guinness Book of Records official the total number of 1,672 redheads in one place was recorded. The organisation confirmed that more than 5,000 redheads from 80 different countries attended the event. Media teams from around the world also attended. In 2015 the Redhead Days is celebrating its 10th anniversary
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Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium


to currently have a FIFA 2 star certification. Municipal Corporation Stadium was the venue for the largest and highest temporary stadium in the world according to Guinness World Records, which can hold 35,000 spectators at a height of 70 feet. The stadium was constructed for the Federation Cup (India). The stadium was also the venue for Federation Cup (India) in April, 1990 where Kerala Police defeated Salgaocar SC for 2-1. I-League 2nd Division team F.C. Kerala plays their home matches since 2017–18 I-League 2nd
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Chimelong Ocean Kingdom


Kingdom won the Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement over 169 international candidates, marking the first time the award was given to a Chinese theme park. The ocean park holds the Guinness world record for being the largest aquarium in the world, it also had the largest aquarium window in the world according to the Guinness World Records, a single acrylic panel measuring . The Journey of Lights parade won the 2018 Thea Award for outstanding achievement - live show. Samuel Hung Ka-yiu, chairman of the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society, said
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Lu Han


among fans. He currently holds the Guinness World Record holder for the "Most Comments on a Weibo Post", which was established in August 2014 and subsequently surpassed by Luhan himself in September 2015. In 2016, he set a second Guinness World Record for the "Largest gathering of people wearing antlers" at the 2016 LuHan Reloaded China Tour, in Beijing, China. He is also noted for his achievements in both music and film, holding records on Chinese digital music platforms; and ranking at the top of the Star
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Ryan Hart


by playing The King of Fighter XIII and winning the European Gaming League 8 while also placing 2nd at Hypespotting. 2012 would also be the year that Hart was featured in the Guinness World Records 2012 Gamers Edition book for holding three records within Street Fighter; Most International Street Fighter Competition Wins, Most Tournament Wins in Street Fighter, and the Longest Winning Streak on Street Fighter IV. Controversy stuck Hart in 2012, which would see him temporarily suspended by his current sponsor Western Wolves for a tweet he posted after losing to his teammate
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Egypt


of 16 medals at the African Championship. Egypt has taken part in the Summer Olympic Games since 1912 and hosted and Alexandria h the first Mediterranean Games in 1951. Egypt has hosted several international competitions. The last one being the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup which took place between 24 September – 16 October 2009. On Friday 19 September 2014, Guinness World Records announced that Egyptian scuba diver Ahmed Gabr is the new title holder for deepest salt water scuba dive, at . Ahmed set a new world record Friday when he reached a
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Nissan Skyline


the first Skyline made for export to North America, being sold under Nissan's luxury marque Infiniti as the G35 in 2002. The Skyline (V36/J50) is sold in Europe, North America, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Middle East as the Infiniti G37. On April 12, 2010 a Guinness Book of Records event took place with 225 Skylines taking part in a parade lap at the ISTS at Silverstone UK, which produced two world records: the most recorded Nissan Skylines at one meet at one time,
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Robyn Benincasa


in 2001 due to a struggle with asthma brought on by exercise and altitude during a race in Switzerland. She was treated for the ailment, and stepped in to join Team Earthlink, which had lost one of its members for the 2001 Eco-Challenge in New Zealand. Benincasa and Team Earthlink finished in fourth place. Benincasa has earned three Guinness World Records. Her first was in 2010, for the farthest distance travelled by a woman by canoe or kayak on flat water. In 2011, Benincasa set a Guinness World Record
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Spectre (2015 film)


production travelled to Morocco in June, with filming taking place in Oujda, Tangier and Erfoud, after preliminary work was completed by the production's second unit. The headquarters of Spectre in Morocco was located in which is a 'crater' caused by erosion and of neither volcanic nor impact origin. An explosion filmed in Morocco holds a Guinness World Record for the "Largest film stunt explosion" in cinematic history, involving 8,140 litres of kerosene and 24 charges each with a kilogram of high explosives. Principal photography concluded on 5 July
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Treasure Hunt of Rethymno


The treasure hunt in Rethymno is a game played by local people in Crete and takes place two weeks before Carnival. Rethymno currently holds the Guinness World Record for Treasure Hunt. During this long game, which lasts for one day, the whole town of Rethymno is involved. An outsider may wonder what everyone is doing running all day long within and outside (usually nearby) the town of Rethymno, on foot, by bike or by car. They search for the “treasure” and solve many quiz games to find it
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Ehlers–Danlos syndromes


an EDS. Several of then were billed as the Elastic Skin Man, the India Rubber Man, and Frog Boy. They included such well-known individuals (in their time) as Felix Wehrle, James Morris, and Avery Childs. Two performers with EDS currently hold world records. Contortionist Daniel Browning Smith has hypermobile EDS and holds the current Guinness World Record for the most flexible man as of 2018, while Gary "Stretch" Turner (shown right), sideshow performer in the Circus Of Horrors, has held the
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Montreal International Jazz Festival


The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal () is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts (including 450 free outdoor performances), and welcomes over 2 million visitors (12.5% of whom are tourists) as well as 300 accredited journalists. The festival takes place at 20 different stages, which include free outdoor stages and indoor
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Pohnpei


Köppen: "Af"). It is one of the wettest places on earth with an average annual recorded rainfall of in towns along the coast and about each year in certain mountainous locations. The natives of Pohnpei, especially the 'older' generations, often refer to events in their past as having occurred, e.g., in "German times" or "before the Spaniards," which identifies the historical periods as follows: The earliest settlers were probably Lapita culture people from the Southeast Solomon Islands or the Vanuatu archipelago.
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Don Hastings


line: "Good Night." Hastings ranks fourth behind co-star Helen Wagner and British actors Eileen Derbyshire and William Roache in third and second place respectively in having played the same role for the longest time on worldwide television. He did hold the record as the longest "continuous" actor in the history of television serials until November 2010, shortly after "As the World Turns" ended. "The Guinness Book of Records" states that the non-continuous record is held by Hastings' costar Helen Wagner, who
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Veena Malik


for two years. She also sponsors a child at the SOS Children's Village, an NGO based in Pakistan working with orphaned children. Veena broke the Guinness World Records for getting maximum kisses on her birthday in a span of one minute beating Salman Khan who held the record achieved on the reality show Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega. In 2012 she was ranked at No. 26 on "FHM India"s "100 sexiest women list" which included Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox, Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Shilpa Shetty
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Samedan


Samedan () is a town and municipality in the Maloja Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons. Samedan is first mentioned in 1139 as "Samaden". In 1334 it was mentioned as "Semeden", in 1367 as "Semaden", in 1498 as "Sumada" and in 1527 as "Sameden". Samedan is the location of The Smallest Whiskey Bar on Earth, the establishment holding the Guinness World Records distinction of "Smallest Permanently Licensed Bar in the World." Samedan has an area, (as of
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Tina Lund


she was nine years old. It was a little grey category 3 pony, who was named Bolli. Tina Lund started with show jumping at the age of ten years, and holds a place in the Guinness world records as the youngest Danish Champion (11 yrs) ever. Lund has also won two world cup qualifications; Mechelen in 2004 and Vigo in 2005 on the horse Andante as the first Danish rider, this qualified her for the World Cup final in Las Vegas 2005. She is sponsored by equestrian equipment and apparel
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Lakpa Gelu


their GPS and camera.” Nepal | March 9, 2018 The Himalayan Times  Kathmandu  Everesteer Pemba Dorje Sherpa to be stripped of Guinness World Record Everesteer Pemba Dorje Sherpa to be stripped of Guinness World Record Published: November 29, 2017 7:54 pm On: Kathmandu RAJAN POKHREL Pemba Dorje Sherpa with the Guinness World Records Certificate of the fastest Everest summit. Photo: Pemba Dorje Sherpa/Facebook KATHMANDU: A Sherpa climber who holds the Guinness World Record in Mt Everest climbing for 13 years is all set to lose his title after the
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New Paper Big Walk


The New Paper Big Walk is a mass-participation walking event held annually in Singapore. It holds the official Guinness World Record as world's largest walk when a record-breaking 77,500 participants joined on 21 May 2000 at the Singapore National Stadium to mark the 10th anniversary. The 10-kilometre walk takes an estimated 3 hours to complete and usually starts from its traditional starting point, Singapore National Stadium at 6 o'clock in the morning. The event was founded by "The New Paper". The very first Big Walk took place on
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Flaouna


traditionally prepared on Good Friday for consumption on Easter Sunday by Orthodox Christians. They are eaten in place of bread on Easter Sunday, and continue to be made and eaten for the weeks following. Creating the flaounes can often be a family tradition shared with multiple generations. The Guinness World Records holds a record for the largest flaouna ever made. It was set on 11 April 2012 by the company Carrefour in Limassol. The pastry measured long and wide, weighing . As part of the celebrations, 20 percent of sales of flaounes
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Vaster than Empires and More Slow


fictional Hainish universe, which Le Guin introduced in her first novel "Rocannon's World", published in 1966. In this alternate history, human beings did not evolve on Earth, but on Hain. The people of Hain colonized many neighboring planetary systems, including Terra (Earth) and Athshe, possibly a million years before the setting of the novels. The planets subsequently lost contact with each other, for reasons that Le Guin does not explain. Le Guin does not narrate the entire history of the Hainish universe at once
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