The most combine harvesters working simultaneously on a single field is 200 and was achieved by Harvest for Kids with Children’s Camps International in the Rural Municipality of Stanley near Winkler, Manitoba, Canada, on 7 August 2010. Two hundred swaths of land were available for the record attempt, although 204 combines showed up. The combines harvested for a total of approximately 16 minutes and 30 seconds, surpassing the required time of five minutes. Amanda Mochan adjudicated.
The largest number of coins toppled in a domino fashion was 12,349 and was achieved by Shinsei Financial Co., Ltd at TACS Odaiba Studio, Koto-ku, Tokyo, on 22 November 2009.
The most common puzzle game for Nintendo DS is Sudoku, the classic number puzzle, which has been released in 20 different versions for the platform as of November 2010. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011
The television set in its earliest and most primitive form is based on a cathode ray tube, in which electrons are emitted from a hot metal cathode, accelerated by electric fields and directed by magnets onto the inside of the screen, making the individual pixels glow to form a moving image. Estimates of the number of these ‘domestic particle accelerators’ range from 1 to 2 billion globally.
A language isolate is a spoken language which has no discernable origins or commonality with any other spoken language, either current or extinct. Basque is the most common, spoken by the Basque people of the Basque country, northern Spain/southern France. This language is spoken by around 600,000 people.
The most common first language is Chinese, spoken by more than 1.1 billion people. The `common speech’ (Pûtônghuà) is the standard form of Chinese, with a pronunciation based on that of Beijing. The most widespread, as well as the second most spoken language, is English, with a conservative estimate of 800 million speakers. Of these, some 310 million are native speakers, mainly in the US (about 270 million) and the UK (60 million). The third most spoken language is Spanish.
The most competitive full contact rounds in boxing and other martial arts is 6,324 by Paddy Doyle (UK) from February 1993 to 12 November 2009.
Although they share around 95% of their DNA with us, compared to 98.9% for the pygmy chimp, pigs are considered to the most compatible animals for potential organ transplants into humans. This is because pig organs are more similar in size to human organs, and there is a risk of AIDS from primate organs. Also, there are more ethical problems with the use of primates compared to pigs – eg, in the western world we rear pigs to eat, but not monkeys.
The most concerts attended of the same artist in one year is 60 and was achieved by Mimmo Restifo Chiavetta (Italy), in Milan, Italy, on 23 December 2009. He followed the Italian artist Laura Pausini during her 2009 world tour across Italy, Europe, USA, Canada, Brasil and Mexico. Mimmo spent more than 55.000 Euros to achieve his record.
The most concerts performed by a symphony orchestra is 14,000 by the New York Philharmonic (USA) over the last 162 years. The orchestra’s archive has the first performance on 7 December 1842 and the 14,000 on 18 December 2004.