Larry Kahn (USA) has won the most World Pairs titles of the Tiddlywinks World Championships with 16 (1978-2011).

The most words spelled backwards in one minute is 36 and was achieved by Krishna Pandey (Nepal) during a convention organised by the Association of Nepalese in America (ANA) at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Brook, New York, USA, on 4 July 2013. 40 words were read out during the one minute time period; 36 were spelled correctly and 4 were spelled incorrectly.

The most yoghurt eaten in one minute is 1.08 kg (2 lb 6.2 oz) and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Panorama Café in New York, New York, USA, on 1 March 2011. Ashrita ate more than an entire 32-oz container of plain yoghurt during the attempt.

On 25 September 2010, Rocky Robinson (USA) achieved an average speed of 605.697 km/h (376.363 mi/h) in his Top Oil-Ack Attack streamliner over a measured kilometre (0.6 miles) at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA.

In 1914, the NYSE closed its doors on July 31. It did not fully reopen for 4½ months, the longest shutdown in exchange history.  The shutdown coincided with the beginning of World War I.

In December 2010, the US Air Force deployed its newest, wide area surveillance system in Afghanistan designated Gorgon Stare. Carried by the MQ-9 Reaper UAV, the revolutionary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology consists of nine video cameras which can send 65 different, live images to different users to track enemy movements on the ground. Whereas current drones shoot video from a single camera and are limited to an area the size of a building or two, the new system can look at a whole city Continue reading →

On 12 July 2010, in St Louis, Missouri, the Boeing Company unveiled the newest hydrogen powered spy-plane prototype, the Phantom Eye. Designed for advanced intelligence and reconnaissance missions, it is a high altitude, long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle that will stay airborne for up to four days at altitudes of around 65,000 feet (19,800 metres). Its first flight is planned for the spring of 2011 at NASA’s Dryden Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. The Phantom Eye ha a wingspan of 45.7 metres Continue reading →

On Monday 13 December 2010, at Lambert Airport, St Louis, USA, the newest and one of the fastest UAVs took to the air on the back of a Boeing 747, originally designed to transport the US Space Shuttle. The new Boeing UAV, the Phantom Ray, is the most advanced test bed for various advanced technologies such as aerial refuelling, electronic attack and strike missions in addition to the normal UAV missions of intelligence and reconnaissance. The flight also demonstrated the adaptability of NASA’s Boeing 747 Continue reading →

The oldest living kinkajou (Potos flavus) in captivity is Huggy Bear, who turned 27 years 6 months old in January 2004 and belongs to Sonja Pedersen (USA) of Holiday, Florida, USA. Mrs Pedersen bought Huggy Bear from a pet shop in Clearwater, Florida, USA in January 1977 aged 6 months, with the assumed birthday date of 1 August 1976, although the exact date is not known. A kinkanjou’s life span in captivity is usually 23 years. Still with us as of 9/12/04.

The world’s oldest adopted person is Jo Anne Benedict Walker (USA) who was aged 65 years 224 days when she was officially adopted by Frances Ensor Benedict (USA) on 5 April 2002 in Putnam County, Tennessee, USA.