Ian Richard Purvis of Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, UK ate 236 sweetcorn kernels in 3 minutes, using a cocktail stick on 27 August 2003.

The world record for the most swear words in a television programme is 201 in episode 1 of Strutter, produced by Objective Productions and aired on MTV on 9 November 2006.

The record for the most sword swallowers to swallow the same object simultaneously is four and was set when the performers Thomas Blackthorne (UK), Space Cowboy (Australia), Captain Frodo (Norway) and Gordo Gamsby (Australia) swallowed the four steel legs of the same bar stool. The record was established in front of a live audience during a show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, UK, on 21 August 2007.

The most 40 mm targets shot in 8 hours from 30 metres with an air rifle is 4,059 and was achieved by Chris Large (UK) in Leicestershire, UK, on 25 October 2008. Chris was shooting at 80 target shot boards and took between 8-10 minutes to complete each board.

The most tattooed senior citizen is Isobel Varley (UK), who had covered 93% of her body with tattoos as revealed on the set of Lo Show dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 25 April 2009.

The most tattooed senior citizen is Tom Leppard (UK), aged 74, who has 99.9% of his body covered. Tom, who resides on the Isle of Skye, opted for a leopard-skin design, with all the skin between the dark spots tattooed saffron yellow.

His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual master of the Swaminarayan Hindu Mission (BAPS), has created and consecrated in accordance with Hindu rituals, a 713 temples in 5 continents between April 1971 and November 2007. Amongst these, the majestic, ornately hand-carved BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Delhi, India, stands apart as the largest Hindu temple in the world.

A total of 24 direct members of the Hurst family, headed by Mike and Marjorie (both UK) performed at the Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK in a production of Puss In Boots from 19–20 December 2003. The performers, whose ages ranged from 63 to 1, included their six children Timothy, Alexis, Muffin, Bryony, Jonas and Adam, their spouses Lynsey, Nathan, Ben and Ruth and their grandchildren Ben, Ellie, Aisling, Cassian, Liberty, Flavia, Emerald, Tabitha, Antigone, Polyanna, Madeleine and Amelie (all UK). Mike Hurst (b. Pickworth) Continue reading →

The most times to finish in second place at the end of the season in the English Premier League is five, by Arsenal in 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2002/03 and 2004/05.

Steve Slade (UK) performed 102 successive take-offs and landings in a RANS S6 light aircraft in a 60-minute period at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, UK, on 27 July 2002. In accordance with the rules of this record, it is not necessary for the aircraft to come to a stop between landing and take-off. The only requirement is that the aircraft’s main wheels touch down within a designated 10 m (32.8 ft) strip on the runway. See guidelines for more info.