The highest partnership in One-Day International matches is 331 runs by Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid (both India) scored 331 runs against New Zealand in Hyderabad, India, on 8 November 1999.
Tony Yarijanian (USA) survived 90% burns to his body after an explosion accident in California, United States on 15 February 2004. Tony was in a coma for 3 months, and had 25 surgeries and 60 blood transfusions.
624, for the third wicket by Kumar Sangakkara (b. 27 October 1977) (287) Mahela Jayawardene (b. 27 May 1977) (374) for Sri Lanka v. South Africa at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 27-31 July 2006.
The highest pinfall in tenpin bowling in 24 hours by a pair is 30,537, achieved by Robert Hendricks and Hector Navedo at Fiesta Lanes, El Paso, Texas, USA, on 12 January 2014.
The highest pinfall in ninepin bowling in 24 hours by a team was 33,792 by members of Karibikkegler Wolfsburg (Germany), including Jens Heinrich, Simone Heinrich, Frank Drefs, Ursula Eggerstedt, Karsten Grabis, Susanne Grocholewski, Hans-Jorg Meyer, Maren Meyer, Dirk Paare, Bjorn Prosch, Jorg Reitmeier, and Jorg Stabel (all Germany) at Kreuzheider Krug in Wolfsburg, Germany, from 30 April to 1 May 2011. The team bowled 5,815 throws for an average of 5.8 pins knocked down per roll.
The highest-ever personal majority for any politician has been 4,726,112 in the case of Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (b. February 1, 1931), the people’s deputy candidate for Moscow, in the parliamentary elections held in the Soviet Union on March 26, 1989. Yeltsin (later President of the Russian Federation) received 5,118,745 votes out of the 5,722,937 which were cast in the Moscow constituency, his closest rival obtaining 392,633 votes. Benazir Bhutto (b. June 21, 1953) achieved 98.48% of the poll in the Larkana-III constituency at the 1990
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Occording to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Health Data 2005 report, the country which has the highest number of smokers, that is people who smoke at least one cigarette per day, is Austria with 36.3% of the population – more than 1 in 3 in 2002.
The highest point scoring average in a WNBA career was achieved by Cynthia Cooper (USA) with 21.0. Cooper has scored 2,601 points in 124 games for the Houston Comets (USA) from 1997-2000 and then 1 more season in 2003.
The highest pizza base toss using 567 g (20 oz) of dough is 6.52 m (21 ft 5 in) by Joe Carlucci (USA) at Mall of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on 20 April 2006 during the filming of Guinness World Records week for the Food Network channel.
The record for the highest pinfall in tenpin bowling on one lane in 24 hours by a team of 12 is 43,153 by Gary Gray, Jeff Vogel, Chad Evans, Ronald Horner, Robert Schmidt, Perry Jones, John Atchison, Jason Cherry, Roland Mitchell, Rob Lewis, Dave Huskey and Frank Canino (all USA) at the Aaron’s Family Fun Center, in Belton, Missouri, United States, from 28 to 29 September 2007.