The most couples married in 24 hours (single location) was achieved by 163 couples in an event organised by Singapore Botanic Gardens in National Parks Board, Singapore, on 20 September 2009. A logbook was used for the counting.
The most people kissing simultaneously is 13,577 pairs and was achieved by MB Produções (Brazil) during Carnafacul 2014 in São Paulo, Brazil on 17 May 2014. The event was held in the Parque Anhembi Sambadromo one of the largest event spaces in Latin America and the record attempt took place after the concert from one of the main acts Ivete Sangalo.
The most cushions covered in one minute is 7 and was achieved by Sinem Karabatan (Turkey) at the GWR Live! Roadshow at Forum Istanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey, on 24 January 2010.
The image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (b. 1926) appears on the coinage of at least 35 different countries – more countries than any other living monarch. Elizabeth II is Queen of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth. The year 2002 sees The Queen’s Golden Jubilee, marking 50 years since The Queen’s Accession . Queen Victoria appeared on the coinage of 21 countries and the image of King George V appeared on 19. The following countries have issued coinage with The Queen’s
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The most slices of meat cut in one hour is the equivalent of 10.04 kg (2160 slices) and was achieved by Diego Hernandez Palacios (Spain) at IFEMA, Madrid, Spain on 12th April 2011. Castilla y Leon (Tierra de Sabor) were the sponsors of the event. Diego Hernandez beat his own previous record he had set in 2007. For this current attempt he trained for 3 months by going to the gym and cutting ham. On the actual day of the event, three legs of ‘Jamon
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The most cups of tea made in one hour by a team of 12 is 1608 and was achieved by Burco Water Boilers (UK) at Hotelympia, London, UK, on 27 April 2014 The team of 12 were made up of Steven Lilley, Nicola Horsfield, Neil Martin, Paul Roberts, John Usher, Suzanne Travis, David Huby, Carolyn Holland, Diane Ho, Gayle Kelly, Sheela Harper, Cheryl Henrys-Dean. This attempt took place on day one of the event called ‘Food Fest’ in Plymouth. The team of 12 that took
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The most cups kicked off the head of one person in one minute is 89 and was achieved by David Synave (France) in Coutiches, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, on 17 September 2011. On his first attempt David Synave beat the previous record with 65 cups. However he was disatisfied with his performance and asked to have a second attempt.
In 2009, Lady Gaga (USA, b. Stefani Germanotta) clocked up a total of 150 weeks on the UK singles chart, with 90 of these weeks inside the Top 40. In all, nine Lady Gaga singles charted in 2009, with “Just Dance”, “Poker Face”, “Paparazzi”, “Lovegame” and “Bad Romance” providing the bulk of her 150 cumulative chart weeks.
The most cucumbers snapped in one minute is 118 and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Smile of the Beyond Luncheonette in New York, New York, USA, on 24 March 2011. Ashrita snapped 119 cucumbers during the minute but one was disqualified due to not being evenly broken in half.
The most cucumbers harvested from a single plant in one year weighed 943 kg (2,078 lbs). The cucumber plant is at the Epcot Science project at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. The harvest started on 24 March 2006 and ended on 5 July 2006. 2,563 cucumbers were harvested in total.