The most versions of a TV commercial for the same product broadcast within 24 hours – Free-to-air (Terrestrial TV) is 60 and was achieved by KDDI CORPORATION (Japan) on Free-to-air TV networks in Japan, on 27 January 2011.
The most T-shirts worn at once is 257 and was achieved by Sanath Bandara (Sri Lanka) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 22 December 2011. The record was attemted on stage in front of a crowd of people in a public park in Colombo. Sanath was victim of the 2008 Weliveriya bombing in Sri Lanka and has attempted to break Guinness World Records ever since.
The most T-shirts put on in one minute is 26 and was achieved by Emma Marshall (USA) in Golden, Colorado, USA, on 12 May 2011. This record was equalled by Zahe Agil (USA), in Santa Rosa, California, USA, on 6 December 2011. This record was broken on the Guinness World Records Challengers site (Challengers tag: IvegottheSMagic and zaheagil): http://challengers.guinnessworldrecords.com/challenges/89-most-backward-rolls-in-one-minute/attempts/1079
The most tries in a single rugby union Tri Nations is 22 by New Zealand in winning the 2010 Tri Nations across six matches between 10 July and 11 September 2010. The Tri-Nations is an international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1996 and played annually between the southern hemisphere sides Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
The most tricep dips performed in one minute is 119, achieved by Stephen Buttler (UK), in Morda, Shropshire, UK, in celebration of Guinness World Records Day on 17 November 2011. Stephen was adjudicated on GWR Day 2011 for the following successful attempts: – Most push-ups with claps in 1 minute – Most knee bends on a Swiss Ball in 1 minute – Most tricep dips in one minute – Most full body explosive push ups in 1 minute and greatest weight squat lifted on a
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The most types of ball spun simultaneously is 8 and was achieved by Cameron Kettman (USA) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 1 April 2011.
The most two finger push ups (one arm) in one minute is 46 by Mohammed Mohammed Ali Zeinhom (Egypt) in front of the Giza Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, on 8 March 2010. Zeinhom performed the push ups on a raised table in front of the picturesque pyramids. He completed 46 push ups in 49 seconds before stopping. He chose to perform the push ups using the pointer finger and thumb of his right hand. Witnesses to the event included the Secretary of Higher Committee of
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The most tweets per second is 143,199 and was set during a television airing of the anime “Castle in the Sky” in Japan, on 3 August 2013. Exact timing of this peak was 11:21:50 JST (August 2 at 7:21:50 PDT). On a typical day, more than 500 million Tweets are sent, with an average 5,700 TPS.
The most TV talk shows hosted by the same presenter is 8,889 episodes by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (Japan) on her show “Tetsuko no Heya” (Tetsuko’s Room). The talk show has been broadcast daily by TV Asahi (Japan)since 2 February 1976. The programme has been broadcast on workdays with no significant breaks or intervals and is still popular and broadcasting as at 13 January 2011.
The record for the most TV links hijacked is 30,000 as of 1 March 2010 and belongs to Gabriele Paolini (Italy). He regularly sabotages journalist and presenter links on national TV in Italy, encouraging the use of condoms, as part of his civil battle against AIDS. Gabriele Paolini is a famous Italian television prankster and condom advocate. He calls himself the “prophet of the condom” and “the prophylactic prophet.” In Italy he is also referred to as a disturbatore televisivo, which means a television disturber.
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