Angela Lansbury (UK) has won four Tony Awards (out of four nominations) in the category of Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical for: Mame (1969), Dear World (1969), Gypsy (1975) and Sweeney Todd (1979). Lansbury continues to perform, most recently receiving a nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for 2009’s Blithe Spirit.

Six actors share the honour of winning two Tony Awards in the category of Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play: Alan Bates (UK) for Fortune’s Fool (2002) and Butley (1972), Brian Dennehy (USA) for Death of a Salesman (1999) and Long Day’s Journey into Night (2003), José Ferrer (USA/Puerto Rico) for Cyrano de Bergerac (1946) and The Shrike (1952), Judd Hirsch (USA) for Conversations with my Father (1992) and I’m Not Rappaport (1986), James Earl Jones (USA) for The Great White Hope Continue reading →

The most travelled toy mascot is a bear called Raymondo, owned by ISPY (UK), who travelled 395,605 miles (636,714.8 km) from 27 September 2009 to 3 September 2010, passing through 6 continents and 35 countries on his journey. Raymondo accompanied airline crew members or sponsors and travelled with a suitcase of travel goodies, his passport and several changes of clothing. Each mile travelled by Raymondo was logged on a dedicated website together with a personal blog, pictures and witness statements. After visiting Aruba, Australia, Bahrain, Continue reading →

A six page document entitled Universal Declaration of Human Rights, produced by the United Nations in 1948, has been translated into 370 languages and dialects from Abkhaz to Zulu as of 2009. The Declaration arose from the experience of WW II and was drafted on 10 December 1948.

Mike Sillinger and Brent Ashton (both Canada) hold the record for having been traded 9 times during their National Hockey League (NHL) careers. Ashton played for the Vancouver Canucks, Colorado Rockies/New Jersey Devils, Minnesota North Stars, Quebec Nordiques, Detroit Red Wings, Winnipeg Jets, Boston Bruins, and Calgary Flames from 1979-80 to 1993-94. Sillinger played for the Detroit Red Wings, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Phoenix Coyotes, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators, and Continue reading →

The most tweets per second is 143,199 and was set during a television airing of the anime “Castle in the Sky” in Japan, on 3 August 2013. Exact timing of this peak was 11:21:50 JST (August 2 at 7:21:50 PDT). On a typical day, more than 500 million Tweets are sent, with an average 5,700 TPS.

The record for the most TV links hijacked is 30,000 as of 1 March 2010 and belongs to Gabriele Paolini (Italy). He regularly sabotages journalist and presenter links on national TV in Italy, encouraging the use of condoms, as part of his civil battle against AIDS. Gabriele Paolini is a famous Italian television prankster and condom advocate. He calls himself the “prophet of the condom” and “the prophylactic prophet.” In Italy he is also referred to as a disturbatore televisivo, which means a television disturber. Continue reading →

The most wins of the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc is two, by two athletes, Marco Olmo (Italy) in 2006-07 and Kilian Jornet (Spain) in 2008-09. First staged in 2003, the race is a 166 mile mountain ultramarathon held annually in the Alps across France, Switzerland and Italy.

Screaming Lord Sutch of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party  contested 39 parliamentary elections or by-elections, losing his deposit on each occasion. Died, aged 58 on 16 June 1999.

The most Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight championship bouts won by an individual fighter is nine by Matt Hughes (USA) between 2001 and 2006.