Luo Pinchao (b. China, 19 June 1912), who began his singing career in 1930, continues to regularly perform Cantonese opera and celebrated his 93rd birthday and record-breaking career with a performance at the Guandong Cantonese Opera Grand Artistic Theatre, Guangzhou, China on 20 June 2004. Luo Pinchao passed away on 15 July 2010.
The oldest message in a bottle spent 97 years and 309 days at sea. A drift bottle with number card 646B, was recorded by Captain Brown (UK) as being released at 60 00.00’N 000 39.00’E on 10 June 1914. It was recovered by fisherman Andrew Leaper (UK), skipper of Lerwick fishing boat Copious, at 60 6.37’N 000 25.17’E on 12 April 2012. The bottle was discovered 9.38 nautical miles from the position it was originally deployed. Bottles with messages were used as part of scientific
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Ilse Challis (UK, neé Klagsbrunn b. Austria 6 September 1918), of Sutton St Nicholas, Herefordshire, UK, had still retained a deciduous tooth (lower left C) as of the 17 September 2004 at the age of 86 years 11 days.
The largest onion bhaji weighed 102.2 kg (225 lb 4.9 oz) and was made by Colin Burt, a team of cookery students from Bradford College and Prashad Restaurant (all UK) in the Centenary Square, in the centre of Bradford, UK, on 28 September 2011. The witnesses are from Darren Hall (catering academy), Taj Butt (City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council) and Naveeda Ikram (Lord Mayor Councillor of Bradford). The onion bhaji was cooked in layers to ensure that it was cooked and edible throughout. The
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3:37.28 Eskil Ervik (Norway) Calgary, Alberta, Canada 5 November 2005
The most mashed potato eaten in 30 seconds is 266 g (9.38 oz) and was achieved by Hasib Zafar at the British Potato Conference in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK, on 23 November 2011. On the day of the attempt held at the British Potato Conference, two people from Cockerill’s tried to break the record and although both beat the 163g, Hasib had managed to eat more mashed potato than his colleague. The mash had been warmed before consumption with all the guidleines being followed.
The largest audience at a 3-D film screening is 6,819 achieved by the German première of MEN IN BLACK™ 3 in an event organised by Sony Pictures and O2 at O2 World in Berlin, Germany, on 14 May 2012. Will Smith, Josh Brolin, Nicole Scherzinger and director Barry Sonnenfeld needed more than one hour to pass the fans celebrating the four on the red carpet. Sony Pictures and Telefónica Germany donated the total revenue of the première to the TRIBUTE TO BAMBI trust, supporting children
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The greatest amount ever paid for a single Xbox 360 game is $2,999.00 (£1,865) achieved by Damian Fraimorice (Israel) who sold the Dead Space Ultra Limited Edition to a buyer in New York, USA, on 2 February 2011. Only 1,000 copies of the Ultra Limited Edition of Dead Space were manufactured. In addition to a copy of the game, the box includes a bonus DVD, an exclusive lithograph illustrated and signed by Ben Templesmith (the artist on the Dead Space comic book), a 97 page
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Montreal Canadiens (Canada) beat the Florida Panthers (USA) 5-2 on 29 December 2008, in Sunrise, Florida, USA, to record the team’s 3,000 regular-season victory; the Canadiens are the first team in NHL history to achieve the feat.
The most socks sorted in 30 seconds is 16, achieved by Reynald Nicod (France), in Courbevoie, France on 6 January 2012. This record was equalled by Paul Basil Smuts (South Africa), in Waterfall, Natal, South Africa, on 4 February 2012. This record was broken on the Guinness World Records Challengers site (Challengers tag: coinsmover and PaulS): http://challengers.guinnessworldrecords.com/challenges/76-most-pairs-of-socks-sorted-in-30-seconds