In October 2005, Bill Gross (USA) traded his block of four ‘Inverted Jenny’ airmail stamps – which he had just bought for $2.97 million (£1.67 million) – for a one-cent Z-grill belonging to Donald Sundman (USA). The 1868 Z-grill, depicting Benjamin Franklin and named after the security grill used to prevent the postmark being washed off, is amongst the most expensive stamps in the world, having been bought by Mr Sundman in 1988 for $930,000 (then £520,800), but valued in 2005 at $3 million (£1.7 Continue reading →

The most user-generated video game levels played in 24 hours is 272 and was achieved by David Dino, Lauren Guiliano and Sean Crowley, who played LittleBigPlanet 2 (MediaMolecule, 2011) in New York City, New York, USA, from 17-19 January 2011. Stuart Claxton adjudicated

The highest number of American-born players drafted in the first round of the NHL Draft in one year is eight, set in July 2005. For the first time ever, two of the top three picks, Bobby Ryan and Jack Johnson, are US-born. Four of the first nine picks were born in the USA, yet another record.

The most vertical feet skied uphill by a female is 10,071.8 m (33,044 ft) by Dina Mishev (USA) at the Sunlight Mountain Resort in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA, on 8 February 2009. Mrs. Mishev set the record at the resort’s “24 Hours of Sunlight” event. The elevation profile was verified by the resort’s assistant general manager, Ross Terry, and an additional witness statement was provided by Chrissy Roll, who witnessed each of Mishev’s laps of the course. Mishev actually skied a total of 34,546 vertical Continue reading →

The most vertical feet snowshoed uphill in 24 hours by a female is 25,534 ft (7,782.8 m) by Eileen Wysocki (USA) at the Sunlight Mountain Resort in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA, on 7-8 February 2009. Ms. Wysocki completed 17 course laps in 23 hours, 26 minutes, 16 seconds en route to her record attempt. The “24 Hours of Sunlight” race was timed by Granny Gear Productions and Real Time Race Timing Systems; the course was officially measured and verified by race staff and Sunlight Mountain Continue reading →

The popular CGI series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars averaged a viewership of 4 million at its launch on Cartoon Network. Craig Glenday presented the Guinness World Records certificate to Supervising Director Dave Filoni, CG Supervisor Joel Aron and Lead Designer Kilian Plunkett, at Comic Con 2010, held in San Diego, USA, 22 to 25 July.

The most vinyl records smashed in 30 seconds was 38 achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Enthusiasm T-Shirt Screen Printing and Design office in Jamaica, New York, USA, on 29 March 2011.

The most volunteer hours worked is 77,019 and was achieved by Viola Cocran (USA) who volunteered at Slidell Memorial Hospital in Slidell, Louisiana, USA, since its opening in 1959 until her retirement on 31 March 2012, aged 89 years. Colleagues at the Slidell Memorial Hospital said that ‘Viola Cocran is a wonderful example of what it means to “give back” to the community, and she gave so much to so many through her volunteer hours.’ She ‘will always be remembered as the volunteer that you Continue reading →

The most weight squat lifted in one hour by an individual was 57,717.36 kg (127,245 lb) by Walter Urban (Canada) on Live! with Regis and Kelly in New York, New York, USA, on 16 September 2011. Walter began the attempt squatting repetitions of 145 lb for the first 30 minutes then switched to 135 lb for the second 30 minutes.

Lady Gaga’s (USA, b. Stefani Germanotta) track “Poker Face” spent a record 83 weeks on the US Hot Digital Songs chart in 2009-10.