The most valuable piece of bread is a grilled toasted sandwich which sold for $28,000 (then £15,000) on Ebay in November 2004. The original owner, Diane Duyser of Miami, USA, was just about to tuck into her sandwich when she noticed it contained an image of the Virgin Mary. She sealed it, kept it for 10 years as a lucky charm, then went onto sell it to Goldenpalace.com, a Canadian online casino.

In August 2004, Alderac Entertainment Group released World’s Largest Dungeon, a-1,000 page Role Playing Game (RPG) book with nearly 1 million words and 100 maps. It retailed for a record $99.95 (£51.88) – the most expensive RPG product ever!

The most expensive zoo species is the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), the entire population of which is indigenous to – and owned by – China alone. Four zoos in the US cities of San Diego, Atlanta, Washington and Memphis, each pay an annual leasing fee of $1 million (then £526,340) to the Chinese Government for a pair of these rare creatures. If cubs are born, and typically twins are, a one-off payment of $600,000 (then £315,800) per offspring must also be made. In addition, a Continue reading →

Will Purcell, David Hill, David Beavis, Phil Fravel and Mike Hudson (all USA) safety rigged 160 film squibs on to a wet suit worn by stunt enthusiast Mike Daugherty (USA), of which 157 successfully detonated at EUE Screen Gems Studios, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, on 11 April 2005. The squibs, with a total weight of 20.4 kg (45 lb) took just 11.68 seconds to set off. Normally squibs contain fake blood, but for this attempt, they used powder paint in red, white and blue.

The most expensive wedding for pets was valued at $158,187.26 (£101,838) between Baby Hope Diamond (Coton de Tulear) and Chilly Pasternak (Virginia poodle), organized by Animal Fair Media Inc., Harriet Rose Katz, and the Jurimuah Essex Hotel in Central Park, New York, New York, USA, on 12 July 2012. The entire wedding was estimated to cost over $270,000. Most of the wedding elements were donated in order to raise money and awareness for the Humane Society of New York.

A box containing a piece of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s 1937 wedding cake sold at Sotheby’s, New York, USA on 27 February 1998 for $29,900 (£18,163) to Benjamin and Amanda Yin of San Francisco, USA. Bearing the inscription ‘A piece of our wedding cake WE 3-V1-37’, the lot was estimated originally at US$500 – $1,000 (£303 – £607). Speaking after the sale, Mr Yim said, ‘It is almost unimaginable to have such an item exist. It is something totally surreal. It represents the Continue reading →

By February 2007, Robert Briggs (USA) had received 100 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ‘type ratings’, allowing him to serve as pilot in command of 100 different models of large aircraft (ones with a maximum takeoff weight in excess of 5,670 kg or 12,500 lb). Of this total, 94 are Airline Transport types, six are Experimental Aircraft types For smaller aircraft pilots are not required to be rated, but with aircraft of this size it is necessary to undergo testing for each model of aircraft flown. Continue reading →

The most eye tests performed in 8 hours was 1,109 and was achieved by Kaiser Permanente (USA) at the Vandever Medical Office Building in San Diego, California, USA, on 28 June 2011. All exams had to be conducted within 8 hours and were all conducted in one location.

The most family members to complete an ultra marathon is 7 and was achieved by the Pieroni family (USA) at the Nashville Ultra Marathon in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, on 2 November 2013. Patriarch Dan Pieroni headed up the attempt by his four children, Christina, Julie, Amy and Andrew, and two of his grandchildren, Ashley and Courtney. The family members completed the course in the following times: Andrew – 7:02:40, Christina – 7:33:58, Julie – 7:33:58, Ashley – 7:57:37, Amy – 7:58:24, Courtney – 9:31:58, Dan Continue reading →

The most skateboard fakie kickflips in one minute is 14 by Steve Barra (USA) on MTV’s The Rob & Big Show in Los Angeles, California, USA on 17 September 2007.