On 25 September 2010, Lee Brice’s (USA) recording of “Love Like Crazy” spent a record 56th week on the US Hot Country Songs chart. It finally reached No.1 in its 46th chart week on 24 July 2010 – which was also a record.
Jim Hunter chopped 25 watermelons on the stomach of Celia Curtis (both Australia) in one minute using a machete on the set of Guinness World Records at Seven Network Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 16 August 2005.
The most water moved by the hands in 30 seconds was 1,259 ml achieved by Darius Gudinskas (Canada) at Park Challenge / GWR Live! in Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo, Japan, on 2 May 2010. The attempt was part of a Guinness World Records live event at Tokyo Midtown.
The most walnuts smashed with a nunchaku in one minute is 62 and was achieved by Samuel Sprague (USA) outside Rising Sun Karate in Humble, Texas, USA, on 22 February 2014. This is Samuel’s third nunchaku-related Guinness World Records title, having previously set the records for ‘Most double nunchaku strikes in one minute’ and ‘Most clay sporting targets broken in one minute by nunchaku’.
The most walnuts crushed by the hand in one minute is 131 and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Smile of the Beyond Luncheonette in New York, USA on 10 December 2012.
The most wheelchair basketball free throws in one minute is tied at 25 between NWBA players Trooper Johnson of the Golden State Warriors and Jeff Griffin of the Utah Wheelin’ Jazz (both USA) at the NBA All-Star Jam Session, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA on 14 February 2008.
The most wind socks flown simultaneously, at a single location, was 6,478, achieved by the Kowloon Federation of Associations (Community Services) Foundation Ltd. (Hong Kong), in Lei Yu Mun Village, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on 15 May 2011. The wind socks in the display took the form of carp streamers, each streamer was individually coloured and carried a unique inscription. The streamers were flown to raise awareness about the plight of Japanese people suffering due to recent natural disasters.
The most losses in the final match of the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship is five by Arthur Gore (UK) in 1899, 1902, 1907, 1910 and 1912. In the Open Era, both Jimmy Connors (USA, 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1984) and Boris Becker (Germany, 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1995) have lost four finals each.
The record for the most volleys in a game of Wii Play Table Tennis is held by Kevin Connor (USA) who fired of 285 consecutive return shots on 16 July 2009. 2011
The IKEA catalogue of Swedish flat-packed furniture is the world’s most widely read catalogue with 130 million copies printed every year. It is translated into 28 languages and distributed across 36 countries.