Largest matchstick logo/image
The largest matchstick logo/image consists of 136,951 wooden matchsticks and was created by Meysam Rahmani (Iran) in Qazvin, Iran, on 11 June 2013.
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Largest ice lantern display
The largest ice lantern display contains 2,651 separate lanterns and was achieved by Vuollerimbygden (Sweden), in Vuollerim, Sweden, on 5 February 2013. Inhabitants of Vuollerim decorated their village with the ice lantern display during the week where the winter market is held in the nearby town of Jokkmokk. They have been making ice lanterns to coincide with the market for the last ten years in order to celebrate the festivities and attract tourists.
Highest team score in a Test match innings (male)
Sri Lanka scored 952 for 6 against India at Colombo on 4-6 Aug 1997. England scored 903 runs for seven wickets declared in 15hr 17min, v. Australia at The Oval, London on 20, 22 and 23 Aug 1938.
Tallest structure built with interlocking plastic bricks
The tallest structure built with interlocking plastic bricks measured 34.76 m (114 ft 0.50 in) and was achieved by Lego Store Budapest (Hungary), in Budapest, Hungary, on 25 May 2014. More than 450,000 interlocking plastic bricks were used to construct the tower by school children and members of the public from 21 to 25 May 2014.
Longest structure built with interlocking plastic bricks
The longest structure built with interlocking plastic bricks was built in the shape of a millipede, measured 1,578.81 m (5,179 ft 10 in) and consisted of 2,901,760 interlocking plastic bricks. The attempt took place in Shopville Le Gru ,Grugliasco, Turin, Italy, on 13 February 2005 in an attempt organised by Consorzio Esercenti C. C. Shopville Le Gru.
First shot using ‘dolly zoom’
Also known as a contra-, vertigo-, Hitchcock- or trombone-zoom, a dolly zoom involves moving (dollying) a movie camera towards the subject while zooming out, or vice versa; as the focal length changes, the background appears to fall away while the subject retains its relative size in the frame. This dizzying shot was designed by Irmin Roberts (USA) for Alfred Hitchcock’s (UK) Vertigo (USA, 1958) and has since been used countless times, most notably and effectively in Jaws (USA, 1975) and Goodfellas (USA, 1990).
Fastest speed riding a minibob/zipflbob
The record for the fastest speed riding a zipflbob is 157.34 km/h (97.77 mph) and was achieved by Frederik Eiter (Austria) in Pitztal, Austria, on 11 April 2009. The event took place at the Pitztal Glacier at the Brunnenkogel Slope. They used a device called “Permanent Speed Check SPEEDY” sourced from the company Alge Timing. The equipment was operated by members of the “Race Centre Pitztal” who is official partner for events such as German national ski races, Austrian Championships and Junior Races Europa.
Oldest Zero
The use of zero, or ‘0’, was first used by the Babylonians around 300 BC, as a placeholder, like the ‘0’ in ’10’ or ‘100’. The oldest known reference to zero as a numerical value to signify ‘nothing’ was by the Indian mathematician and astronomer Brahmagupta, in his great work of 628 AD, the Brahmasphutasiddhanta.
Oldest woman to fly in zero gravity
On 22 July 2004, Dorothy Simpson (USA, b. 27 November 1924) successfully participated in a zero-gravity flight on an Ilyushin IL-76 aircraft, aged 79 years 237 days. The flight, which took off from Zhukovsky Airbase, near Moscow, Russia, was organised by Space Adventures (USA).
Oldest man to fly in zero gravity
The record for the oldest man to fly in zero gravity was achieved by Ugo Sansonetti (Italy, b 10 January 1919) on the “SpaceLand” zero gravity experimental flight on board a Boeing 727 especially modified for the flight. The event took place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA on the 10 of April 2005.