The record for the longest run of a theatrical play with the same cast is for the play ‘Exercises in Style’ performed by Pero Kvrgic and Lela Margitic and directed by Tomislav Radic (all Croatia) from January 1970 to present. The opening night of this play was on 19 January 1968, but in 1970 the leading actress role passed from Mia Oremovic to Lela Margitic. There are no exact dates of this fact but it was on January 1970. The play is currently played on
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The most aces served in a Davis Cup match is 78 by Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) in his match against Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) at Porec, Croatia, on 18 September, 2009. Karlovic lost the match 7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 7-6, 14-16.
The most powerful mobile phone gun is a 0.22 calibre (0.22 in) pistol, disguised as a cell phone, which can fire a (close-range) lethal round of four bullets when numbers 5,6,7,8 are pressed in quick succession. It is believed that these phone-guns are made in Croatia, and have already been seized in drug raids across Europe in 2003. NB: do not convert gun calibres.
8:04.53 Alessia Filippi (Italy) Rijeka, Croatia 12 December 2008 ****PENDING FINA APPROVAL***
The fastest 1/4 mile by an electric car is 11.850 sec, achieved by Mate Rimac (Croatia) driving a modified BMW M3 E30, at ETC, Velika Gorica, Croatia, on 17 April 2012. Rimac’s BMW has been equipped with a 440 kW electric motor powered by batteries rated at 24 kWh. At the 1/4 mile marker the car was travelling at a speed of 122.23 kmh (75.949 mph).