The largest collection of individual bottle openers belongs to Marinus Van Doorn (Netherlands) and consists of 33,492 in Veghel, Netherlands as of 2 November 2011. Marinus Van Doorn started his collection in the early 1970’s.
The largest chocolate bar weighed 5,792.50 kg (12,770 lb 4.48 oz) and was created by Thorntons plc (UK) in Alfreton, Derbyshire, UK on 7 October 2011. The chocolate bar measured 4.0 m (13 ft 1.48 in) by 4.0 m (13 ft 1.48 in) by 0.35 m (1 ft 1.78 in). The ingredients were sugar, dried whole milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, butter oil, emulsifier.
The largest living cat is Hercules, an adult male liger (lion x tigress hybrid) currently housed at Myrtle Beach Safari, a wildlife reserve in South Carolina, USA. In total length, he measures 3.33 m (131 in), stands 1.25 m (49 in) at the shoulder, and weighs 418.2 kg (922 lb). Ligers are generally larger than their two parental species. In contrast, tigons, hybrids resulting from the reciprocal cross (tiger x lioness), are often smaller. He is pictured here with Moksha Bybee, an animal trainer from
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The loudest purr by a domestic cat is 67.7 dB (LA peak) and was achieved by Smokey, owned by Lucinda Ruth Adams (UK) at Spring Hill farm, Pitsford, Northampton, UK, on 25 March 2011. Smokey is a domestic cat and achieved its record in its home, where it felt relaxed and happy. Accessories used during the record attempt include a grooming brush, slices of ham and stroking by hand. The measurement was made by Class 1 sound level meter NA-28 by RION in the presence
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The most yards passing in an NFL game by a rookie quarterback was 432 yards by Cameron “Cam” Newton (USA) for the Carolina Panthers against the Green Bay Packers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, on 18 September 2011. Newton achieved this feat in his second-ever NFL start, one week after breaking the record for the most passing yards by a quarterback in his NFL debut.
*6:23.96 China (Hua Yu, Haixia Chen, Xuefei Fan, Jing Liu, Eton, UK 27 August 2006 *Denotes non-Olympic boat classes
The world´s most prolific quick costume change artist is Arturo Brachetti (Italy), who changed costume 22,500 times during 250 performances of the show L´Homme Aux Mille Visages, Paris, France in 2001–2002. His quickest costume change including shoes is 2 seconds, from black tail suit to white in full view of the audience. Arturo proved his ability changing from a black tuxedo into a costume with cow-like patterns in less than 2 seconds on the set of ‘Lo Show dei Record’ in Milan, Italy on 5
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6:58.55 USA (Michael Phelps, Ricky Berens, David Walters, Ryan Lochte) Rome, Italy, 31 July 2009
3:40.07 Paul Biedermann (Germany) Rome, Italy 26 July 2009 This was set at the World Championships.
217 kg Yang Lian (China) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1 October 2006