The most hair dyed in an 8 hour relay is 160 heads of hair and was achieved by Laboratorio Hedaly (Argentina) in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 March 2013 The event took place from 11:18 and finished well within the 8 hour timeframe – taking just 4 hours 30 minutes to dye the hair of 160 people. As per the rules only 10 hairdressers performed the hair dyeing at any one time. In total 50 took part during the day. Assistants were on Continue reading →

The most people being tested for HIV at multiple venues in eight hours is 3733 people and was achieved by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Fundación Bienestar and the City of Rosario at venues across Rosario, Argentina, on 30 November 2012 In total ten locations were used across Rosario with the most prominent being, Plaza Montenegro (1380 people), Plaza San Martin (987 people) and the main tourist spot in the city, Monumento a la Bandera (329 people). AHF helps over 183,000 individuals in 27 different countries, Continue reading →

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 Continue reading →

The largest gathering of people born prematurely is 386, in an event organised by UNICEF Argentina (Argentina), in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 30 September 2012. The people born prematurely, ranging from infants to fully grown adults, were joined by family members to create a large human smile as part of the record attempt.