The record for the most holes of miniature golf played by an inidividual in 24 hours is 4,729 and was set by David Pfefferle (United States) at Westerville Golf Center, Westerville, Ohio, United States, on 28-29 May 2008. In the course of the 24 hours David walked around 55 miles. He also raised over USD 6,000 (GBP 3,357) for charity.

The most motorcycle backflips in 30 seconds is eight by Travis Pastrana (USA) at Godfrey Trucking/Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, on 17 November 2008 for the MTV show ‘Nitro Circus’. The GWR episode will air January 2009.

The most multiple birth sets in the same academic year at one school is 17, and consists of 14 sets of twins and 3 sets of triplets, achieved by Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA Achieved by the graduating class of 2014.

In February 2010, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider on Long Island, New York, USA, announced that they had smashed together gold ions at nearly the speed of light, briefly forming an exotic state of matter known as a quark-gluon plasma. This substance is believed to have filled the universe just a few microseconds after the Big Bang. During the experiments – which began in July 2001 and have taken a decade to authenticate – the plasma reached temperatures of around 4 trillionºC, Continue reading →

The most game wins by a coach in a National Basketball Association career is 1,333 by Don Nelson (USA) as of 8 April 2010. Nelson passed the previous mark of 1,332 set by Lenny Wilkens (USA) with a 116-107 victory by his Golden State Warriors over the Minnesota Timberwolves (both USA). Nelson’s mark after his record-breaking win stood at 1,333 victories against 1,061 losses. His coaching career has spanned 31 seasons with five teams: the Milwaukee Bucks (540-344), New York Knicks (34-25), Dallas Mavericks (339-251) Continue reading →

On 17 July 2010, saxophonist Kenny G (USA) scored his 14th No.1 on the US Contemporary Jazz album chart.

New York rapper Jay-Z (USA, b. Shawn Carter) has topped the US Billboard 200 with 11 albums – the most No.1s by a solo act – since debuting at the top with Vol.2…Hard Knock Life in 1998. His latest chart-topper was The Blueprint 3, released in September 2009. Jay-Z’s tally of US No.1s is bettered only by The Beatles (UK), who scored 19 No.1 albums between 1964 and 2000.

The Philadelphia Flyers finished their franchise record road trip during December 2005 and January 2006 with an 8-2-1 record, setting a new NHL mark for the most wins on a single stretch of games away from home. Their 17 points on the trip is also a new league record, far surpassing the old mark of 13 points set by the Montreal Canadiens in 1968–69. A road trip is when a team travels to plaly its games as the away of visiting team.

Gordie Howe (Canada) was selected 21 times for the NHL All-Star game while playing for the Detroit Red Wings 1946-1979. He was selected for the first team on 12 occasions and the second team on 9.

Madonna (USA, b. Madonna Ciccone) had her ninth No.1 on the US Music Video chart on 24 April 2010 with Sticky & Sweet Tour. No popular music artist has had more.