The highest aggregate score in Rock Band 2 playlist by an individual playing drums is 10,687,033 points and was achieved by Robert Paz (USA) aka Proprodigyx, at the Samsung Experience in New York City, USA, on 17 May 2009. Proprodigyx took 7 hours and 10 minutes to complete the 84 songs of the game. He is the runner up of WCG Ultimate Gamer, broadcast in Sci Fi Channel.
Bats (order Chiroptera) have the most acute hearing of any non-aquatic animal, due to their ultrasonic echolocation. Most species use frequencies in the 20-80 kHz range, although some can hear frequencies as high as 120-250 kHz, compared with almost 20 kHz for the human limit and 280 kHz for the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). Echolocation is a method of sensory perception by which bats orient themselves to their surroundings, detect obstacles, communicate with others, and find food. Bats send out sound waves using their mouth
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2.09 m (6 ft 10.28 in) Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) Rome, Italy 30 August 1987
The highest heels commercially available are boots boasting a combination of 43 cm (17 in) platforms and 51 cm (20 in) heels, produced by James Syiemiong (India) for boldnbootiful.com in February 2004.
The Highest hairstyle is 2.66 m (8.73 ft) and was achieved by several hairdressers in an event organised by KLIPP unser Frisör in Wels, Austria, on 21 June 2009. The attempt was made with real and fake hair.
The highest altitude golf course is the Yak golf course at 13,025 feet (3,970m) above sea level in Kupup, East Sikkim, India, measured on 10 October 2006. This is part of an Indian Army base and measures 6026 yards long.
2.45 m (8 ft 0.45 in) Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993
The highest hippy jump on a snowskate is 47 cm (18.5 in) by Kyle Williams (USA) at Winter X Games 14 in Aspen, Colorado, USA on 31 January 2010.
On 4 April 2010, a South Korean owned VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier), the 319, 430 tonne (DWT) supertanker, the Samho Dream, was hi-jacked by Somali pirates about 930 miles (1,500 km) south east of the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean. It was carrying a load of crude oil allegedly worth some US $170 (£106.27) million. The ship and crew were released 7 months later on 6 November 2010, and a reported ransom of US $9.5 million (£5.8 million) was paid – the
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The record for the highest inline skate drop into a halfpipe was 12 m 50 cm achieved by Taïg Khris during the M6 Mobile Mega Jump event in Paris (France), on 29 May 2010. For this record the distance from the top of the platform (8 meters high) to the landing surface (4.5m down the platform) was taken. The landing area was measured by white adhesive bands starting at 1 meter and then stuck every 50cm.