The most kite surfing world championships won by a woman is nine and was achieved by Kristin Boese (Germany) between 2005 to 2008. This record includes both the PKRA and KPWT federations. A breakdown of Kristin’s titles are as follows: 2005 PKRA Freestyle World Champion, 2005 PKRA Wave World Champion, 2006 PKRA Freestyle World Champion, 2006 PKRA Slider & Kicker World Champion, 2007 PKRA Boardercross World Champion, 2007 KPWT Overall World Champion, 2007 KPWT Wave World Champion, 2007 KPWT Course Racing World Champion, 2008 KPWT Continue reading →

First awarded in 1925, Frank Boucher (Canada) has won the most Lady Byng trophies with seven in 1928-31 and 1933-35 playing for the New York Rangers. The Lady Byng trophy is awarded each season to the National Hockey League player who displays the most sportsmanlike behaviour combined with the highest standard of play. After Boucher won the trophy for the seventh time in 1935 he was allowed to keep it, and another was donated.

A former Soviet citizen, Tatyana Mikhailovna Russanova, now living in Haifa, Israel, escaped from various Stalin labour camps in the former Soviet Union on 15 occasions between 1943 and 1954, being recaptured and sentenced 14 times. All of the escapes are judicially recognized by independent Russian lawyers, although only nine are recognized by Soviet Supreme Court officials.

The most Kiteboard Pro World Tour Freestyle World Championships won by an individual female rider is three by Gisela Pulido (Spain) in 2004-06.

The most lemmings saved during a playthrough of the rare arcade version of Lemmings (Psygnosis, 1991) is 366, achieved by Martijn Corbussen (Netherlands) and verified by Twin Galaxies on 2 August 2010. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011

The most likes on a Facebook item in 24 hours is 3,868,253, as featured on the official page for Barack Obama (USA) in response to a post made on 07 November 2012. The post, “Four more years.” and a picture of Obama embracing wife Michelle, was an announcement of his re-election as President of the United States. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151255420886749&set=a.53081056748.66806.6815841748&type=1

Sir William Hillary (1771-1847), founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1824, was personally and uniquely awarded four RNLI Gold Medals, in 1825, 1828 and 1830 (twice).

On the 20 March 1997, the Wall Street Journal was ordered by a federal jury to pay $222.7million (£139million) to a Houston brokerage firm who claimed an article the paper ran in October 1993 contained false information and helped put it out of business. In May 1997 Judge Ewing Werlein threw out the $200 million punitive damage award against the Wall Street Journal but, in Nov 1997, he let stand the $22.7 million award in compensatory damages.

The YouTube broadcast of Prince William’s marriage to Catherine Middleton (both UK) in London, UK, on 29 April 2011 achieved a record 72 million live views, as people from 188 countries around the world tuned in to watch the event on the company’s official Royal Channel. Although this figure alone was enough to beat the 70 million streams achieved during the inauguration of US President Barack Obama in 2009, the wedding’s overall tally is likely to have been significantly higher when taking into account the Continue reading →

Considered to be the toughest running race in the world, the Marathon des Sables is a six-day ultradistance event that covers 254 km (156 miles) across the Sahara Desert in Morocco. The most wins by an individual is ten by Lahcen Ahansai (Morocco) in 1997 and 1999-2007.