The highest scoring average in an NBA season in 50.4 points per game by Wilt Chamberlain (USA) for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1961-62 season. In his career, he scored an average of 30.1 points per game, taking into account his total of 31,419 for Philadelphia Warriors 1959-62, San Francisco Warriors 1962-65, Philadelphia 76ers 1964-8 and Los Angeles Lakers 1968-73. He scored 50 or more points in 118 games, including 45 games in 1961-62 and 30 in 1962-63.

The highest scores for the 1997 arcade classic Top Skater were achieved by Tai Kuang Neng (Malaysia). On the Easy/Novice course, Tai Kuan scored 1,160,526. He also score836,733 on the Hard/Expert course and 1,406,239 on the Secret course.

The Hangar Level is one of the most popular stages on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (Activision, 2000), and US gamer Matt Tholen holds the record high score of 30,887,653. Tholen achieved the score on 25 March 2001 on the PlayStation version without cheats enabled, and it is almost three times higher than the second-placed score of 10,703,896, set by fellow American Zabed Mahmood. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010

The highest score reached on the Legend of Zelda Theme on Donkey Konga (Nintendo, 2003) is 132,652, achieved by Kevin M Lalonde (USA) in Texas USA and verified by Twin Galaxies on 6 June 2009. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011

The highest ski jump from a quarterpipe (artificial slope) is 2.87 m (9 ft 5 in), achieved by Tyler Jay Harding (UK) at Ski Rossendale, Lancashire, UK on 15 February 2011. The attempt was carried out during filming of an episode of Blue Peter. Tyler’s jump of 2.87 m is even more impressive because he was only 14 years old when he made it.

India’s West Zone amassed 541-7 against South Zone (India) in the Duleep Trophy Final on 10 February 2010. The previous record was held by Central Province (Sri Lanka), who scored 513-9 against South Province (Sri Lanka) in 2004. West Zone’s 541-7 included 210 (off 190 balls) from Yusuf Pathan (India).

The highest score recorded by one team in the annual ArenaBowl game was tied by the Chicago Rush (USA) at ArenaBowl XX when they defeated the Orlando Predators 69-61. The record of 69 pts was tied again in 2010 when the Spokane Shock (USA) defeated the Tampa Bay Storm 69-57 to win ArenaBowl XXIII.

At the very instant of the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, the universe is thought to have had infinite temperature, as it existed as a single, infinitely-small and infinitely-dense point. Just 10**-43 seconds later, known as the Planck time, the universe had cooled to roughly 10**32K, and expanded to a size of around 10**-33cm across. NB -43 43 and -33 here are all superscript

On 6 August 2001, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft performed a close flyby of Jupiter’s volcanically active satellite, Io. Over the following months, as the data was slowly transmitted back to Earth, mission scientists realised that the spacecraft had passed through the top of a 500-km-high (310-mile) volcanic plume. This is the highest volcanic eruption plume ever witnessed in the Solar System. Galileo flew by the moon at a distance of 194 km (120 miles) from the surface. The volcanic particles, believed to be composed of sulphur Continue reading →

In 2004 the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad returned to Athens, Greece, the birthplace of the modern Olympic in 1896 and home of the ancient Olympics. The ancient Olympic Games, so called because they were originally held on the plains of Olympia, can be accurately traced back to July 776 BC, when Coroibos, a cook from Elis, won the foot race, though their origin dates from perhaps as early as c. 1370 BC. They attracted famous competitors such as Socrates, Pythagoras, Aristotle and Hippocrates. Events Continue reading →