The largest collection of napkins belongs to Martina Schellenberg (Germany) and consists of 125,866 different napkins as 26 June 2013, in Schwieberdingen, Germany. The collection is catalogued by theme and arranged in separate boxes.
The world’s smallest nightclub is “Rumours”, which is a box measuring only 2.10 m (6 ft 8 in) high, 1.17 m (3 ft 10 in) wide and 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) deep. It was created by Deborah Borrett and Lisa Williams (both UK) and was presented at the Liverpool Bold Street Festival in Liverpool, UK, on 26 September 2010. The night club features 2 PROEL Xenia X80T speakers, two Pioneer CDJ turntables, a Pioneer DJM 600 mixer, and Preva Arc Motorized LED disco
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The most points scored in an National Hockey League (NHL) season is 215 by Wayne Gretzky (Canada) for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1985/86 season.
The most free throws scored in an NBA game is 28 by Wilt Chamberlain (USA) for the Philadelphia 76ers against the New York Knicks on 2 March 1962 and Adrian Dantley (USA) for the Utah Jazz against the Houston Rockets on 5 January 1984 Chamberlain achieved his 28 free throws from 32 attempts whereas Adrian Dantley achieved his record from 29 attempts.
The National Hockey League (NHL) record for longest suspension is 30 games given to Chris Simon (Canada) of the New York Islanders (USA) as punishment for stepping on the leg of Pittsburgh”s Jarkko Ruutu (Finland) with his skate on 15 December 2007. Simon also owns the second most severe suspension of 25 games for a slashing incident against Ryan Hollweg (USA) on 8 March 2007.
The most basketball field goals scored in an NBA season is 1,597 by Wilt Chamberlain (USA) for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1961-62 season. In his career, he scored an average of 30.1 points per game, taking into account his total of 31,419 for Philadelphia Warriors 1959-62, San Francisco Warriors 1962-65, Philadelphia 76ers 1964-8 and Los Angeles Lakers 1968-73. He scored 50 or more points in 118 games, including 45 games in 1961-62 and 30 in 1962-63.
The largest painting by numbers measures 3,717 m² (40,009.29 ft²) and was created at the Punjab Youth Festival in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, on 14 March 2013. The painting was 45.72 m (150 ft) X 81.3 m (266 ft 8 in) and represented some of the most popular monuments of the Punjab region in Pakistan. 1,557 participants contributed to the work. It took 3 hours to create the starting image and 3 more hours to paint it.
The first person to reach the North Pole has long been a matter of controversy and debate between two American explorers, and their supporters, both of whom claimed to have been the first, and both of whom disputed the other’s claim as a fraud, whether intentional or not. Robert Peary, travelling with Matt Henson (USA), indicated he had reached the North Pole on 6 April 1909, however Frederick Cook, claimed he had done so a year earlier, on 21 April 1908. Despite investigations into the
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The largest online photo album of handwritten notes features 19,996 photos and was created by Johnny Monsarrat (USA), as verified on 20 April 2013. The website, soulburners.org, features photos of handwritten questions and answers submitted through a community art project called Soulburners. Since 2008, the Soulburners kiosk has sat on urban sidewalks and visited festivals in Northeast America, encouraging visitors to write a question about life on a small coloured card. Every day, Johnny retrieved the cards and wrote advice on the back, posting the
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The largest lemon nursery consists of 551,227 lemon plants and was achieved by Vivero Citrus owned by José Luis Palacios (Argentina) in Lules, Tucumán, Argentina on 7 August 2012. The nursery was founded 35 years ago and has been slowly growing in size until a recent boom in the lemon industry in Argentina thanks to large contracts from two of the world’s largest soft drinks brands. Vivero Citrus supplies all the large lemon plantations in the region and Tucuman is the world’s number one exporter
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