The racing game that features more cars than any other is Gran Turismo 5 (Sony, 2010), which has a staggering 1,000 licensed vehicles from the world”s top manufacturers. All of the 1,000 cars are included on the game disc, and downloadable content is expected to increase this number even further. It beats the previous record holder, Gran Turismo 4 (Sony, 2004), which had 721 cars available.
The most goals scored in a specified period is 1,279 by Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Brazil) (b. 23 Oct 1940), known as Pelé, from 7 Sep 1956 to 1 Oct 1977 in 1,363 games. His best year was 1959 with 126, and the Milésimo (1000th) came from a penalty for his club Santos at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, on 19 Nov 1969 when playing his 909th first-class match. He later added two more goals in special appearances. Artur Friedenreich (Brazil, 1892-1969) scored an
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Rahul Dravid (b. 11 January 1973, India) has taken 197 catches in 263 innings (143 matches) playing for India since 1996.
The most catches by a fielder in World Cup matches is 25 by Ricky Ponting (b. 19 December 1974, Australia) in 39 matches, 1996-2007.
Jan Brittan (England) played in 36 women’s Cricket World Cup matches, taking a record 19 catches. (NB: record printed before, not new, see Attempt ID 77706).
The most Champions League games managed is 160 and was achieved by Sir Alex Ferguson (UK) as manager of Manchester United FC when his team played against AC Milan (Italy) in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League tie on 16 February 2010.
Organized by Monty Witt (USA), the longest linking ring chain was 534 rings performed by 129 magicians at the Magic Convention for the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, on 3 July 2004.
The organism with the highest chromosome number recorded in to date is estimated to be 1,440 (or 720 pairs) found in the adder’s tongue fern Ophioglossum reticulatum. Original text presents information as: “to date is 2n = ca. 1440 found in…” Ca refers to circa, 2n means the ‘diploid number’- Diploid means having 2 sets of chromosomes. (This is true of most cells – reproductive cells have one set, and some plants have more than 2 sets).
Wes Peden (USA) and Patrik Elmnert (Sweden) passed thirteen clubs between them in 2009, making a total of 26 catches. In 2004, Peter Kaseman and Darin Marriott (both of the USA) successfully attempted a flash of fourteen-club passing, completing fourteen catches.
Trojan-horse software is designed to perform unwanted tasks on a computer, while masquerading as a useful application. They allow malicious software to be installed on a machine via a ‘back door’. Examples include downloadable software which claims to remove malware from a computer but actually installs it without the user’s knowledge. Data compiled by BitDefender in the first half of 2009 showed that Trojans accounted for some 83% of all malware on the Internet.