The most tennis hits between two people in one hour is 8,156 and was achieved by Frank and Dennis Fuhrmann (both Germany) at Tennisclub Am Lerchenbühl Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, on 20 July 2013. Frank and Dennis also broke the ‘Longest tennis rally’ record with 50,970 strokes during the same attempt.
The most times hit by a car in two minutes is eight, by Dietmar Loeffler (Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records – Die Grössten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany, on 23 November 2007.
The world record for most translations of a single title signed by the author in one sitting belongs to Paulo Coelho (Brazil) who signed 53 different language editions of his bestseller The Alchemist on 10 October 2003, from 6:30pm to 8pm, at the Frankfurt Book fair, Germany. Please rest this record on the Database
Thomas Seitel (Germany) put on 82 pairs of underpants in five minutes on the set of Guinness World Records: Die GroBten Weltrekorde in Germany, on 18 December 2008.
Jana Maisel (Germany) has won 36 gold medals at the International Casting Sport Federation World Championships from 1990 to 2002. She has won in total 46 World medals (36 gold) and 42 European medals (30 gold).
The narrowest street is in Reutlingen, Germany. It is called Spreuerhofstrasse and is 31 cm (1 ft) at the narrowest point. The street was measured in February 2006.
The world’s oldest dove is Methuselah, a white, male collared dove who was born in April 1975 and last examined in October 2004, aged 19 years 6 months.
Gisel Weser (Germany) (b. 1 February 1921) is the oldest dancing teacher, having worked at Triebel-Hölzer (founded 1883), Lutherstadt Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, since 1949. She became head of the school in 1968 and continues to teach.
The oldest person to be awarded a doctorate is Emeritus Professor Dr Heinz Wenderoth (Germany), who was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover on 29 September 2008 at the age of 97 years 8 months 18 days. The subject of Dr Wenderoth’s doctoral dissertation was “Cell Biological Studies in the Morphology and Physiology of primitive marine Placozoons Trichoplax Adhaerens”. Dr Heinz Wenderoth was born on 11 January 1911.
It is widely accepted that the earliest mechanically printed full-length book was the Gutenberg Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany c.1455 by Johann Henne zum Gensfleisch zur Laden, called zu Gutenberg (c. 1398–1468). Some scholars argue that it was not Gutenberg but the Chinese who had invented the movable type 6 or 7 centuries before his time.