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Heaviest cherry

The world’s heaviest cherry was grown by Gerardo Maggipinto (Italy) and weighed 21.69 g (0.76 oz) on 21 June 2003. The cherry was presented at La Grande Ciliegia, in Sammichele di Bari, Italy in an event organised by Lorenzo Netti (Italy).

Heaviest cucumber

Alfred J. Cobb (UK) grew a cucumber weighing 12.4 kg (27 lb 5.3 oz) and presented it at the National Amateur Gardening Show’s UK National Giant Vegetables Championship at Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK on 5 September 2003. The cucumber is a zeppelin variety. Alfie also took 2nd prize with 10.8 kg (23 lb 12.9 oz) cucumber.

Heaviest deadlift with one finger

The heaviest deadlift with one finger was 116.90 kg (354.72 lb) by Benik Israelyan (Armenia) with his right middle finger in Yerevan, Armenia, on 11 June 2011. Israelyan held the weight off the ground in a locked body position for 7 seconds. He lifted a collection of weightlifting plates vertically bound together by a metal rod in the center.

Heaviest deadlift in 24 hours

The 24 hour deadlift record by an individual is 475,065 kg (1,047,337 lb 12 oz) by Ian Atkinson at Thorn Cross Young Offenders Institution, Warrington, UK on 15-16 November 2002. Ian is a prison officer at this YOI. The previous record was: The deadlift record by an individual is 455,677.5 kg (1,004,595 lb) by Steph Smit at Warren’s Health Club, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 13-14 September 1997.

Heaviest fibroid

The heaviest fibroid weighed 30 kg (66 lb 2 oz) and belonged to Mrs Mahadevamma (India). The fibroid was removed by a team of surgeons and nurses, led by Dr Pushpanjali Malipatil (India) at the Rajiv Gandhi Superspeciality Hospital in Raichur, Karnataka, India on 19 December 2005.