William Oldfield (Australia) claimed 52 stumpings playing for Australia in a career spanning 54 Tests between 17 December 1920 and 3 March 1937.

The sword known as The Sword of Swords has been swallowed by 40 of the world’s known sword-swallowers. The sword was made by Thomas Blackthorne (UK) in 1994 as a symbolic icon to link the otherwise solitary and disparate sword-swallower community. The Sword of Swords was also swallowed by famous Guinness World Record holders such as the most tattooed man, Lucky Diamond Rich (Australia, born New Zealand) and Natasha Veruschka (USA) who holds the record for having swallowed most swords simultaneously (13 swords).

By February 2003, Frederick W Finn (UK) had made 718 Atlantic crossings on Concorde. His first flight was 26 May 1976, for which he still has the special commemorative brief case tag. Fred always had seat 9A reserved for him. The longest flight Fred has taken is London to Singapore. His most memorable occasions were sitting with Paul Mccartney, David frost, Joan Rivers and whilst giving a lecture on the thrills of supersonic flying to an audience of travel agents they experience an engine surge Continue reading →

Most successful lawyer Sir Lionel Luckhoo (b. 2 Mar 1914), senior partner of Luckhoo and Luckhoo of Georgetown, Guyana, succeeded in getting 245 successive murder-charge acquittals between 1940 and 1985.

The Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service was set up in 1928. In 2010 the service’s 977 staff treated 276,489 patients, performed 38,852 aerial evacuations and flew a total of 25,592,455 million km, landing 74,214 times.

The most Line Honours victories in the Hobart to Sydney Yacht race, held every year since 1945, by a single yacht is seven by Morna/Kurrewa IV (Morna was later renamed Kurrewa IV), in 1946-48, 1954, 1956-57 and 1960.

5,001 cm squared, SANDRE, 29 November 2008

Tooth enamel is the only part of the human body which basically remains unchanged throughout life; it is also the hardest substance in the body. The first deciduous or milk teeth normally appear in infants at 5-8 months, these being the upper and lower jaw first incisors. There are many recorded examples of children born with teeth. Sean Keaney (UK) of Newbury, Berkshire was born on 10 April 1990 with 12 teeth. They were, however, extracted to prevent possible feeding problems. He grew his second Continue reading →

The only player to captain two different teams to the Stanley Cup championship is Mark Messier (Canada) playing with the Edmonton Oilers (Canada) in 1990 and New York Rangers (USA) in 1994.

The most wins of the cricket World Cup by a nation is four by Australia in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007.