The most consecutive volleyball passes is 110 in an event hosted by the Triangle Volleyball Club at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, on 5 February 2010. Members of the club and friends had broken the previous record of 92 with an attempt of 96 passes earlier in the day. However, wanting to involve more participants who showed up for the event, a third attempt yielded the final record tally of 110. All equipment and passes were overseen by United States Volleyball
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Cameron Fraser (Canada) completed two consecutive backflips on a trampoline whilst sat on a 0.91 m (3 ft) tall unicycle at the Garden Auditorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on 16 May 2003.
Lake Karachay in the Chelyabinsk province of Russia has accumulated 120 million curies of radioactivity and absorbed nearly 100 times more strontium 90 and caesium 137 than was released at Chernobyl. If a person stood on the shore of the lake he would receive a radiation exposure rate of 600 roentgens an hour. This is 2,000 times greater radiation than that emitted during a normal chest X-ray and strong enough to kill a person within an hour. The lake is near a Soviet nuclear facility
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According to research carried out by GameQuarry.com, Rockstar Games is the videogame publisher with the most consistent record of game reviews, with 16 of its 23 games receiving average reviews of between 80 and 100%. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010
Cindy Jackson (USA) has spent $99,600 (£53,148) on 47 cosmetic procedures, including nine full-scale surgical operations since 1988. These have included three full facelifts, two nose operations, two eye lifts, liposuction, knees, waist, abdomen, thigh and jawline surgery, lip and cheek implants, chemical peels, chin bone reduction and semi-permanent make-up.
The most cosmetic makeovers by one artist in 24 hours is 96, by PAC Professional Artist Cosmetics Martha Tilaar at the Kelapa Gading Mall, Jakarta, Indonesia from 22-23 May 2005.
According to research by Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption, in its latest 2010 report, the most corrupt country in the world is Somalia, Africa. It scored only 1.1 on a scale to 10, whereas Singapore, Denmark and New Zealand were equal in top place as the least corrupt countries with a rating of 9.3. Somalia is again rated as the world’s least stable country in 2010 in the Jane’s Country Stability Ratings as a result of the on-going fighting between the internationally recognised
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Anthony Ianetti (USA) had 7 coronary stents implanted in the right artery in a single operation at the Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, USA, on 13 September 1995.
Emil Lohen (USA) has had from 8 August 2000 – 30 March 2006 a total of 34 coronary stents implanted. The most at any one time was seven in an operation on 13 September 1995 at the Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, USA.
The most continuous upright spins on ice skates on one foot is 115 by Lucinda Ruh (Switzerland) at Chelsea Piers Sky Rink, New York, USA on 3 April 2003. The attempt was verified by International Skating Union Judge, Shawn Rettstatt (212 627 1976 / 212 533 4600 / 917 892 3169 / Srettstatt@aol.com).