Georgia Brown (Brazil), has a vocal range of eight octaves, extending from G2 to G10, as verified at Aqui Jazz Atelier Music School in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 18 August 2004. The highest note that she hit, the G10, is techincally not a musical note but a frequency. The full range was verified by music experts using a piano, violin and Hammond organ.
The greatest distance skied uphill using climbing skins in 24 hours is 17,476 m (57,336 ft) and was achieved by Ekkehard Doerschlag (Austria) in Bad Gastein, Austria on 3-4 March 2007.
On 23 June 2010, the US Army announced that it had started sending the new M855A1 5.6 mm cartridges, Enhanced Performance Rounds, to troops in Afghanistan. What is notable about this type of ammunition, lethal and the most thoroughly tested small calibre round though it is, is the fact that it has been manufactured with regard to environmental considerations. The bullet (slug) is made of copper, making the projectile non-hazardous to the environment and up to 2,000 tons of lead is thus removed from the
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The greatest weight lifted with the hair (male) is 81.5 kg (179 lb 10.82 oz) and was achieved by Abdurakhman Abdulazizov (Russia) in Zubutli-Miatli, Republic of Dagestan, Russia, on 16 November 2013. Remarkably, Abdurakhman Abdulazizov was 83 years old when he successfully set this Guinness World Records title.
On the basis of the average annual flow, the greatest waterfall in the world is the Boyoma Falls in The Congo (former Zaire), with 17,000 m³/sec (600,000 ft³/sec). The flow of the Guaira (Salto das Sete Quedas) on the Alto Parana River between Brazil and Paraguay had on occasions in the past attained a rate of 50,000 m³/sec (1,750,000 ft³/sec). However, the closing of the Itaipu dam gates in 1982 ended this claim to fame.
The only male gurner to win the world title an amazing 12 times is Tommy Mattinson (UK), whose flexible face took the top prize at the annual Gurning World Championship at Egremont Crab Fair, Cumbria, UK, in 1986-87 and then 10 times between 1999 and 2010.
The world record for the youngest dog ever to win a gundog trial was aged 246 days. The black labrador puppy, Surprise of Tiple Crown, owned by Robert O’Farrell (Ireland), came first in the South of Ireland Gundog Club’s Open Field Trial Stake at Birr Castle, Offaly, Ireland on 6 December 1971. Surprise then qualified for the Irish Retriever Championship two days later, and also received a Diploma of Merit. Surprise’s date of birth was 5 April 1971.
The haireist car is covered with 100 kg (220.46 lbs) of natural hair. The Fiat 500 is owned by Maria Lucia Mugno (Italy) and was presented and measured on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 4 March 2010. The hair is 100% natural human hair. The record was part of the Italian TV show “Lo Show dei Record”.
Zedong Wang (China) styled a head of hair using ten pairs of scissors in one hand, controlling each pair independently, on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi – Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 31 October 2007.
The highest score for the Guinness World Records target football challenge is 90 points by Dogan Can (Germany) at the Jetix Kids Cup tournament at the Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany on 5 July 2006 Guinness team invigilating at event.