The largest recorded number of livestock killed by a single bolt of lightning is 68. The Jersey cows were sheltering under a tree at Warwick Marks’ dairy farm near Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia, on 31 October 2005. A further three were paralyzed for a few hours, but later recovered.

The most double leg circle rotations on a mushroom trainer in one minute is 62 and was achieved by Sebastian Hui (Australia) at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 29 April 2012.

The most drumbeats in a minute using hands are 1,589 and were achieved by George Urosevic (Australia) on the set of Australia Smashes Guinness World Records at the Warringah Mall, Sydney, Australia, on 25 January 2010. The record was part of the TV series “Australia Smashes Guinness World Records”.

The most valuable piece of cricket history is Austalian cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman’s 1948 cap. In June 2003 Tim Serisier, a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire winner bought the cap in a pre-auction deal with Ludgrove’s auctioneers from Bradman’s Godson for A$425,000 (US$283,000 or £170,000). Bradman wore the cap on the 1948 tour of England when he scored the last of his 29 test centuries and then when he made the most famous duck in cricketing history in his final Test appearance. Sir Donald Continue reading →

The most expensive cocktail was sold for £8,583 ($12,970) and was made by Joel Heffernan (Australia), at Club 23, Melbourne, Australia, on 7 February 2013. The cocktail made by Joel Heffernan, called ‘the Winston’, contained 60ml of Croizet’s 1858 ‘Cuvee Leonie’ cognac. This cognac is also the Guinness World Records title holder of the most expensive cognac sold at auction.

The most valuable mangoes in the world cost AUS$2,562.50 (£889; $1,285) each and were purchased by Sam Coco (Australia) when he bought a tray of 16 Top End mangoes at the Brisbane Produce Markets Charity Auction, Australia for AUS$41,000 (£14,230; $20,565) on 12 October 2001. The tray of mangoes, the very first of the season, was handed over by Sam to children in the Mater Children’s Hospital in South Brisbane. Each tray normally sells for AUS$15-25 (£5-9).

The Continuum Caliburn turntable, manufactured by Continuum Audio Laboratories PTY in Melbourne, Australia, is the most expensive in the world with prices reaching up to $112,000 (£57,800) depending on the finish – the tone arm costs an additional $12,000 (£6,200). The turntable’s magnesium platter is magnetically levitated and suspended in a vacuum to ensure that the playing disc remains unaffected by external vibrations.

The most extras conceded in a One-day international is 59  by: West Indies (8 byes, 10 leg byes, 4 no balls and 37 wides) v. Pakistan at Brisbane, Australia on 7 Jan 1989; and Scotland (5 byes, 6 leg byes, 15 no balls and 33 wides) v. Pakistan at Chester-le-Street, Durham on 20 May 1999.

The most full contact punch strikes in one minute is 805 by Robert Ardito (Australia) in Sydney, Australia, on 18 March 2009. Robert held the record until 2008 when it was bettered by John Ozuna in the United States, he then set out to reclaim the title which he did using this wing chun punch style.

The male scaly cricket Ornebius aperta from Australia can copulate more than 50 times in three to four hours, all with the same female. Studies reveal that each time a male mates, a bag of sperm is placed on the female which she immediately eats. The sperm is an extremely nutritious food for the female cricket which is why she devours it so eagerly. By comparison, female chimpanzees have been recorded copulating with eight different males in 15 minutes. A lioness in heat has sex Continue reading →