The most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in World Cup tournaments is 52 by Adam Gilchrist (b. 14 Novemeber 1971, Australia) in 31 matches, 1992-2007.

Adam Gilchrist (b. 14 November 1971, Australia) secured a total of 472 dismissals (417 catches, 55 stumpings) in 287 matches, from 1996 to 2008.

The widest range of different products advertised by a videogame is 10, achieved by Sengoku Basara (Capcom, 2005) which has been used to promote offerings including takeaway pizza, rice, cider and a chain of karaoke bars as of November 2010. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011

In September 2008, a team of scientists, using the Gemini Telescope’s GMOS instrument (Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph), discovered two stars in a true binary system of magnitude V=24.6 orbiting each other at a distance from Earth of approximately 2.5 million light years. The binary system, comprising a Red Giant and a White Dwarf, is called IC10 StSy-1 and lies in the small Starburst galaxy IC10, which is part of the Local Group of galaxies. As with most binary star systems, the smaller White Dwarf star will Continue reading →

The game that has been downloaded the greatest number of times for mobile phones is Tetris (Alexey Pajitnov, 1985), which has been downloaded over 100 million times as of October 2010. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011

The most downloaded word puzzle game is Bookworm (PopCap, 2003), which has been been downloaded over 100 million times as of June 2010. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011

As of December 2010 the Wikipedia article on former US President George W Bush has been revised some 44,169 times. A significant number of these edits have constituted vandalism.

The most durable ice hockey player is John Burnosky (USA), who began playing at Kelvin Technical High School, Winnipeg, Mantioba, Canada in 1929. Burnosky still played regularly in July 2004, when he featured in the 29th Senior World Hockey Tournament held at Santa Rosa, California, USA.

The record number of entrants for a World Bog Snorkelling Championships is 200 on 31 August 2009 at Waen Rhydd peat bog, Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Wales.

Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, designed by the British architectural firm Foster and Partners, is the world’s first city designed to be zero-carbon and zero-waste. All of its power is generated from renewable resources, and all waste material is recycled. Cars are banned in favour of electric, driverless, underground vehicles, meaning that the city’s projected 50,000 citizens should leave no carbon footprint.