Greatest cash prize for a TCG

30 September 2014 by admin
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The World of Warcraft TCG World Championship, held at the San Diego Convention Center between 30 November and 2 December 2007, saw Guillaume Matignon (France) beat over 400 of the world’s best WoW warriors to claim the top prize of $100,000 – the largest single purse for a trading card game and the biggest tournament payout in TCG history. Participants earned a place in the competition by competing in various tournaments and events throughout the world, including Regional Tournaments and World of Warcraft TCG Dream Continue reading →

Greatest biodiversity

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The area on Earth considered to have the greatest biodiversity is the Tropical Andes region covering 1,258,000 km² (485,716 miles²) and running through Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and a small area of northern Argentina. So far, 45,000 species of vascular plants have been described (15-17% of world’s species) as well as 1,666 bird species, 414 mammal species and 1,309 reptile and amphibian species. The Tropical Andes is called an environmental hotspot which is a concept used to determine priorities among terrestrial ecosystems. British Continue reading →

Greatest average mileage run daily (year)

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The greatest average mileage run daily is 61.87 km (38.44 miles) and was achieved by Tirtha Kumar Phani (India), from 30 June 2006 to 29 June 2007, in Calcutta, India. Tirtha Kumar Phani of Calcutta, India ran every day, running 22,581.09 km (14,031.15 miles) in total. Tirtha Kumar Phani was the previous record holder in this category.

Greatest distance between same offence, arresting officer and offender

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In late 2010, a British man received a ticket for speeding from Police Constable Andy Flitton near Christchurch in South Island, New Zealand. The offender then recognised the constable as the same officer who had given him a ticket for speeding on a main road north of London in the UK two years previously. Both had emigrated to New Zealand, the police constable after 32 years service with the London Metropolitan Police, and the offender after 12 years in the UK. Hence they hold the Continue reading →

Greatest combined weight for a world title fight

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On 20 January 2007, at St Jakob Halle, Basel, Switzerland, defending champion Nikolay Valuev (Russia) met Jameel McCline (USA) for the World Boxing Association heavyweight title. The combined weight of both fighters was 590 lb (267.6 kg), with Valuev weighing in at 322 lb (146 kg), and McCline at 268 lb (121.5 kg). Valuev won the fight when his opponent retired through injury in the Round 3.

Greatest distance by a radio-controlled model car in 24 hours (RC)

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The greatest distance by a radio-controlled model car in 24 hours is 34.1958 km (21.25 miles) and was achieved by members of the modelling group of the Anna-Schmidt-Schule Frankfurt (Germany) at the Tamiya Raceway in Sonneberg, Germany, on 24 July 2011. The model car used was a Tamiya “Desert Gator” with a cup machine motor using a MZ-Power Car Lipo Akku 5000 mAh battery. The electronic speed controller was a LRP Quantum Bullet and the remote control a Futaba 3PK 2.4 GHz.