On May 4, 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver - then Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery - went hunting in Wexford County, Ireland.
He witnessed a dispute over the very fast bird in Europe, and then realized that it was impossible to find out in reference books.
Then the thought occurred to him that such a book could become popular.
The first edition of the 197-page Guinness Book of World Records appeared on August 27, 1955, and by Christmas it had already become the most popular book in the UK.
Since the release of the first edition, over 400 million copies have been sold. The last book to be published is the 2010 Guinness Book of Records.
The largest gastropod is the African giant snail (Achatina achatina). The largest of the individuals reached 39.3 cm from head to tip of tail.
The shell was 27.3 cm long, and the snail weighed exactly 900 grams. (Paul Michael Hughes / Guinness World Records) 
Joel Wall from USA pushes his masterpiece - the largest ball of rubber bands.
A 4,097 kg ball was measured in Lauderhill, Florida on November 13, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The largest number of people wearing Smurfs was 1,253. These are the people who attended the Mucomania festival in Castleblane, Ireland on July 18, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The record for the 100-meter hurdle race was 22.35 seconds.
The record holder was the German Maren Tsonker in Cologne, Germany on September 13, 2008. (John Wright / Guinness World Records) 
The world's largest pocket knife is 3.9 meters long and weighs 122 kg.
It was designed by Telmo Cadavez from Portugal and handcrafted by Virgilio Raul also from Portugal on January 9, 2003. (Guinness World Records) 
The heaviest lemon in the world weighed 5 kg 265 g and was grown by Aaron Shemel on a farm in Kfar Zeitim, Israel. (Guinness World Records) 
Scott Murphy of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina bent a 30 cm diameter aluminum frying pan in 30 seconds on July 30, 2007.
In girth, the resulting "lump" turned out to be 17.46 cm. (Guinness World Records) 
The largest number of beer mugs that a woman carried 40 meters is 19.
This was done by Anita Schwarz in Mesenich, Germany on November 9, 2008, Guinness World Records Day. (Nick Hannes / Guinness World Records) 
Sam Weckeling covered 453.6 km in unicycle per night in Aberystwyth, Wales from September 29 to 30, 2007. (Guinness World Records) 
Jean-Francis Vernetti of Switzerland has collected 8,888 different Do Not Disturb signs from hotels in 189 countries since 1985. (Guinness World Records) 
The total nail length of Melvin Booth (left) from Michigan is 9.05 meters. Lee Redmont (right), who hasn't cut her nails since 1979 and filed them neatly to grow up to 8.65 meters, lost her wealth in an accident in February.
The 68-year-old record holder says it’s the most dramatic event in her life, but also admits that it’s much easier without them. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records) 
227 T-shirts were worn by Jeff Van Dyck at the Unizo event in Brecht, Belgium on April 24, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
Harry Turner from Great Britain can stretch his skin on his stomach up to 15.8 centimeters, and all because of his Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - a disorder of connective tissues that affects the skin, ligaments and internal organs.
This disease affects collagen, which strengthens the skin and determines the level of its elasticity, which leads to weakening of the skin and increased mobility of the joints.
In more serious cases, it can be fatal due to ruptured blood vessels. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records) 
1 911 - exactly as many bottles of soda with Mentos were collected in one place, namely, in Latvia by students of the TURIBA Higher Business School on June 19, 2008. 
The largest jicama weighs 21 kg and was grown by Leo Sutisna in West Java, Indonesia. (Guinness World Records) 
The largest collection of clones from the LEGO Star Wars game consisted of 35,310 individual models and was compiled by LEGO in Slough, UK on June 27, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The oldest person to jump on the bungee is Helmut Wirtz.
Wirtz was 83 years 8 months and 7 days old when he bungee jumped in Duisburg, Germany on August 9, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The largest collection of watches belongs to Jack Schoff from the USA, who put together 1,094 watches on June 17, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
New record January 23, 2009 was installed by Wim Hof from the Netherlands - he spent 1 hour 42 minutes 22 seconds completely buried in the snow. (John Wright / Guinness World Records) 
Largest drawing chalk was 8361.31 meters, it was drawn by 5,578 children from schools in Alameda, California, for a special children's project from May 27 to June 7, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The fastest driving record rear wheel A motorcycle sitting on the handlebars was reached by Enda Wright in York, UK on July 11, 2006 and was 173.81 kilometers per hour. (Guinness World Records) 
The longest skis in the world are 534 meters long. These skis were used by 1,043 skiers at an event in Sweden on September 13, 2008. (Jonas Borg / Guinness World Records) 
The oldest table tennis player is Dorothy de Lowe.
She was 97 years old when she represented Australia at the 14th World Veteran Table Tennis Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 25, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The "snake boat" from Aleppi, Kerala, India is 43.7 meters long.
Her team consists of 143 people, including 118 rowers, 2 drummers, 5 helmsmen and 18 singers.
The boat appeared in public in Kerala, India on May 1, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The fastest speed on a skateboard while standing was 113 km per hour.
This record was set by Douglas da Silva at the Rio Grande do Sull, Brazil, on October 20, 2007. (Guinness World Records) 
The most massive congestion of Santa Claus took place at Gilhall Square in Derry, Northern Ireland, December 9, 2007 and amounted to 13,000 people. (Guinness World Records) 
The PAV1 Badger, created by Howe and Howe Technologies, became the smallest armored vehicle, making up only 1 meter wide.
It's strong enough to knock down doors, but compact enough to fit in an elevator. It was commissioned by the California Civil Protection Service. (Guinness World Records) 
Halapi Roland from Hungary installed on November 12, 2008 unusual record: the horse dragged the burning Roland 472.8 meters. (Guinness World Records) 
The lawn mower's fastest speed was 98 km per hour.
The record was set by Tommy Passemante of the USA at Miller Park in Utah on November 18, 2008, especially for the MTV show "Nitro Circus". (Nate Christenson / Guinness World Records) 
Japanese Kenichi Ito got into the Guinness Book of Records as the person who ran the fastest 100 meters on all fours - in just 18.58 seconds.
The record was set in Tokyo on November 13, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The longest distance traveled by a person on a bicycle without touching the ground for exactly one day is 890.2 km.
The record holder was Marko Balo from Slovenia on September 6-7, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
Sarvan Singh's beard from Canada measured 2.33 meters from the tip of his chin to the tip of his beard.
The record was recorded on November 11, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
Ashrita Furman breaks 80 eggs on the head in one minute at New York's Panorama cafe on December 10, 2008. (Guinness World Records) 
The longest ears of a dog reach 34.9 cm on the right and 34.2 cm on the left. The ears belong to Tigger, a bloodhound owned by Brian and Christina Flessner of Illinois. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records) 
Indian Anthony Victor has hair that grows out of his ears, the length of which reaches 18.1 cm. (Guinness World Records) 
The space cowboy, also known as Cheyne Haltgren from the Lo Show Dei Record, set a world record on April 25, 2009 in Milan, pulling 411.65 kilograms with just his eye sockets. (Guinness World Records) 
The heaviest transport, which a person moved 30.48 meters, weighed 57,243 kg.
It was smuggled by Kevin Fast of Canada on the Live with Regis & Kelly TV show in New York on September 15, 2008. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records) 
The largest edible hamburger weighs 74.75 kg and costs $ 399 on the menu at Malley's Grill in Southgate, Michigan. This yummy was made on August 29, 2008. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records) 
Victor "Larry" Ramos Gomez (pictured) and Gabriel "Danny" Gomez (both from Mexico) are two members of a family spanning five generations who suffer from a rare condition called congenital hypertrichosis, characterized by increased facial and body hair.
Women in the family have a light hairline, while in men, hair occupies about 98% of the body, excluding the palms and feet. (John Wright / Guinness World Records) 
Ilrek Ilmaz from Turkey squeezes out 279.5 cm of milk from his eyes at the Armada Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, September 1, 2004. (John Wright / Guinness World Records) 
Mike Howard from Great Britain walked along the beam between two balloons at an altitude of 6,522 meters near Somerset, UK, September 1, 2004.
This feat was filmed for the TV show Guinness World Records: 50 Years of 50 Records. (Guinness World Records) 
The heaviest apple weighed 1,849 grams. It was raised by Hisato Iwasaki on his farm in Hirosaki, Japan. The apple was picked on October 24, 2005. (Guinness World Records) 
On July 7, 2006, the smallest horse was Tambelina, a miniature bay mare, 44.5 cm at the withers, owned by Kay and Paul Gossling from St. Louis, Missouri.
Radar - a Belgian heavy horse - on July 27, 2004 was 19 palms without hooves. The radar lives on the farm of Priefert Manufacturing Inc. in Texas.
The horses were photographed together for the Guinness Book of World Records on September 3, 2006. (Richard Bradbury / Guinness World Records) 
Bigfoot 5 is 4.7 meters in height, its wheels reach 3 meters in height, and this miracle weighs 17,236 kg.
This is one of 17 Bigfoot jeeps created by Bob Chandler from St. Louis, Missouri.
This model was built in the summer of 1986. The car is "parked" in St. Louis and occasionally appears at city events. (Richard Bradbury / Guinness World Records) 
He Pingping from Mongolia - the smallest man in the world (his height is 74.61 cm) - stands between the legs of Svetlana Pankratova - women with the most long legs.
Pankratova's legs are officially 131.83 cm.
Svetlana says that she likes to have the title of the woman with the longest legs, but this has its drawbacks - it is not so easy to find a man who will enjoy being with such a tall woman. (Andy Rain / EPA) 
Michael Jackson parodist Hector Jackson speaks to hundreds of people at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City on August 29, 2009.
The Guinness Book of World Records has recorded 13,597 people dancing at the same time in the Jackson style. (Dario Lopez-Mills / AP) 
Kim Goodman from the USA can protrude 11 mm from the eye sockets. This record was recorded on the TV show "Guinness World Records: Primetime" in Los Angeles on June 13, 1998. (Drew Gardner / Guinness World Records) 
Participants in the biggest pie fight at ABC Studios in New York on September 17, 2009 during the show “Live with Regis & Kelly.” (Afton Almaraz / AP) 
The tallest man in the world, Sultan Kosen from Turkey, is measured by representatives of the Guinness Book of Records on September 21, 2009.
Kosen's height is 246.38 cm. 27-year-old Sultan Kosen says that he is "proud and happy" to carry the title of the most tall man and men in the world.
“Before that, I had a pretty difficult life,” says the giant, whose height is the result of a pituitary gland disorder. "Now it will be much easier for me to live." (Seth Wenig / AP) 
The Danish Great Dane Gibson was the tallest dog in the world. His height was 107.18 cm from floor to shoulder, and on his hind legs he reached 2.19 meters.
In this photo, Gibson is playing with his friend Zoe, a 19-centimeter Chihuahua. The tallest dog in the world died of bone cancer on August 12, 2009. (Deanne Fitzmaurice / EPA) 
The deepest underwater depth at which a person rode a bicycle is 66.5 meters.
This was done by Vittorio Innocente in Santa Margarita Ligur, Liguria region, Italy on July 21, 2008. (John Wright / Guinness World Records) 
93% of Isobel Varley's body is covered with tattoos. Absolute record among the elderly. (John Wright)
From here
The Guinness Book of Records is updated every year with new achievements from around the world. But some of them can only be called dubious and absurd.
The largest number of spoons on the human body The Guinness World Record in the category "Most spoons on a human body" belongs to Etibar Elchiev. He set the record in Tbilisi, Georgia, in December 2011, when he won the title by magnetising 50 spoons to his body.
Heaviest onion
Pete Glazebrook, from Northern England, loves to look at the nearly 9kg bulb he has grown. She entered the Guinness Book of Records as the heaviest bulb and has held this mark since September 2011. 
Simultaneous application of masks on the face
On July 28, 2013, 1,213 people set the Guinness World Record in Taiwan for the simultaneous application of face masks for 10 minutes. 
The owner of the longest nails on her hands
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Chris "Duchess" Walton is currently the world record holder for the longest fingernails. According to the latest measurements taken in New York in 2011, her nails (which by that time she had grown for 18 years) reached 1.1 m on her left hand and 2.92 m on her right. 
Record for simultaneous twisting hula hoops
In February 2013, 4,483 people played a hula-hoop (gymnastic hoop) for 7 minutes, thus setting the world record for simultaneously spinning hula-hoops. The event took place at the stadium of Tammasat University in the suburbs of Bangkok. 
Longest stay in the snow without clothes
Chinese Jin Songhao set the world record for the longest stay in the snow without clothes: in January 2011, he spent 46 minutes and 7 seconds in the snow. 
The World's Largest Cantonese Rice
The 52 chefs set a record in February 2013 for making Costa Rica the world's largest serving of Cantonese rice. It was enough for 7 thousand people, and she weighed almost 1.3 thousand kg. 
Record in juggling with three chainsaws
Slovak Milan Roskopf in June 2009 broke his previous record in juggling with three chainsaws, making 62 successful throws in a row. The previous record was 35 tosses. 
Suit of 330 thousand bees
In April 2012, the Chinese beekeeper Shi Ping covered his body with 331 thousand bees ( total weight 33.1 kg) to break the previous record of 26.8 kg of bees. 
The largest puzzle made from tents
A completely new category of Guinness World Records' records - "the largest puzzle made from tents": 900 tents were erected on a beach in Qingdao, China's Shandong province in October 2012, patterned into the image of a Chinese dragon. 
Tallest mohawk
Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe is holding world championship for the "tallest mohawk" - 1.13 m. His hairstyle entered the Guinness Book of Records in September 2012. 
Largest national flag
In May 2013, Romania set a world record by producing the largest national flag in Klinceni, near Bucharest. Its dimensions are 350 by 227 m. 
The world's largest aquarium
On the resort island of Sentosa in Singapore, there is not only the world's largest aquarium with 80 thousand animals, 800 species and 42.9 million liters of water. The "world's largest acrylic panel" is also installed there. 
Inflatable Sumo Suit Race
In the summer of 2010, the inflatable sumo costume race was announced as the world's largest event in this genre. It all happened in Battersea Park in London. 
The largest suitcase in history
This suitcase, presented to the public at the 100th China Export Fair in 2006 in Guangzhou, was qualified by the Guinness Book of Records as the largest in history at about 180 cm. 
The largest glass in the world
In the photo, workers at the Marynissen Estate Winery pour ice wine - “ice wine” - into a glass that has entered the Guinness Book of Records as the largest in the world. The event took place at the Niagara Icewine Festival in Ontario on January 14, 2011. More than 30 Ontario wine producers poured 27 liters of ice wine into a 1.2m glass, setting what local media said was a new record. 
World record for air balancing
Samat Hasan, a 24-year-old stuntman from China, walks the tightrope (Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, April 25, 2009). Having walked a 700 m rope with a diameter of 3 cm, set at an angle of 39º, Hasan successfully broke the Guinness World Record for air balancing, after failing to do so in a previous attempt. 
Wedding with the Most Bridesmaids
Nisansala and Nalin, a Sri Lankan couple, smile during their 2013 Negombo wedding, which broke the Guinness record for the most bridesmaid wedding. The wedding, which was attended by 126 bridesmaids, 25 best men, 20 page boys and 23 girls with bouquets, broke the previous record - a wedding in Thailand with 96 bridesmaids. 
Record in the 100-meter race on four legs
Takashi Kokubu, a 37-year-old actor, runs the 100m on all fours. Tokyo, 2013. According to media reports, 31-year-old Kenichi Ito, who for 10 years developed this skill based on the African patas monkey running style, set a new Guinness World Record for the 100m four-limb race, reaching 16.87 seconds and beating his the previous record was 17.23 s. 
Loudest barking in the world
Golden Retriever Charlie barks during the Royal Easter Show in Sydney on March 29, 2013. Charlie, according to the Guinness Book of Records, has the loudest barking in the world - 113.1 decibels. 
Largest cluster of balls
A man jumps into a pool filled with pink and green plastic balls as he attempts to break a Guinness World Record at the Kerry Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai, where the Pink October campaign was held in 2013. The event to raise awareness of breast cancer prevention set a world record, according to local press reports: swimming pool measuring 25 by 12.6 m was filled with a million plastic balls. 
The high art of crowd organization
V sports center in Jinan, China, a group of 1,000 female clients receive a 30-minute facial massage on May 4, 2015. It entered the Guinness Book of Records as the world record for the largest group of people who had a cosmetic procedure at the same time and in one place. 
Cork paintings
Albanian artist Saimir Strati glued 229,764 corks of various shapes and colors onto a plastic banner measuring 12.9 by 7 meters, making up the painting "Romeo with a crown of grapes, playing the guitar and dancing with the sea and the sun." The author worked 14 hours a day for 28 days. 
Longest handshake
Jack Tsonis and Lindsay Morrison try to break the world record for the longest handshake, September 21, 2009, Sydney. For their record attempt, the couple chose UN International Day of Peace; charitable donations were also collected during the event. 
The world's largest sneaker collection
Jordan Michael Geller poses with his Nike Air Jordan Retro sneaker collection on September 25, 2012 at the ShoeZeum in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. Guinness World Records record staff recently confirmed that Geller's Shoezeum - as he calls it, the Nike Altarpiece - includes one from every Air Jordans ever released, and thus Record as the world's largest sneaker collection with over 2,500 pairs, all but eight of which are Nike sneakers. 
The coolest roller coaster in the world
The world's steepest free-fall 121 ° Takabisha roller coaster is located at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, west of Tokyo. According to the amusement park, the roller coaster is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the coolest roller coaster in the world; their construction cost about $ 37 million. 
The largest Christmas tree toy
Franz Paternosta holds a glass Christmas tree decoration made at the Bavarian glassworks Joska on December 17, 2008. The company made the largest Christmas tree toy with a diameter of 65 cm and a weight of 20 kg. 
Longest festival structure
Provincial residents perform the annual Dragon Dance during the Lantern Festival in Gutian Province, China on February 6, 2012. According to local media reports, the 791.5m long walking dragon, made of paper and bamboo and connected by wooden planks, set a new Guinness record for the longest festival structure. 
Record of a continuous 1-hour bike ride in the category of athletes over 100 years old
French cyclist Robert Marchand is photographed in this photograph attempting to set the world record for one-hour continuous cycling in the over 100 category. Photo taken at the Swiss velodrome of the International Cycling Union on February 17, 2012. To set the record, Marchand, who was born on November 26, 1911, rode 24 km on a 200-meter indoor cycle path. 
The world's largest 3D painting
Actors pose with simulators in what is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest example of 3D painting. Photo taken at Canary Wharf in London on November 17, 2011. The creation of the British artist Joe Hill exceeds 1114 m². 
Pushing the boundaries of human capabilities
August 20, 2011. Freddie Nock from Switzerland is teetering on cable car The funicular to the highest mountain in Germany, the Zugspitze, near the Garmisch-Partenkirchen resort in southern Bavaria, at a height of 2,962 meters.Nock balanced on a 995 meter rope as part of a charity event to break his own world record. 
The longest cigar in the world
The longest cigar in the world, 81.7 meters long (or nearly as long as a football field), was photographed in Havana on May 3, 2011. The cigar, which eclipsed the previous record for a cigar with a length of 45.3 m, was, like the previous one, rolled up by José Castelar Cairo, better known as Cueto. 
The most expensive dessert in the world
On November 7, 2007, Frrrozen Haute Chocolate was unveiled to the public at New York's Serendipity-3 restaurant after Guinness World Record evaluators determined that $ 25,000 frozen hot chocolate was the most expensive dessert in the world. 
The Guinness Book of World Records is one of the most authoritative sources, encyclopedias, reference books, capable of confirming certain words, resolving a particular dispute.
The main purpose of the book is reliable information about record achievements of people and animals, unique natural phenomena, outstanding achievements of show business, media and culture ...
First published in 1955 for the Guinness Irish Brewing Company. The idea came from Hugh Beaver, who came up with the idea of creating an authoritative source for visitors to Irish and British pubs to resolve their disputes about the record of this or that phenomenon.
Over time, the popularity of the Book has led to the emergence of special editions exploring one specific area of mass culture, as well as national versions of the Book, including the "Book of Records of Russia", which is published by the agency "PARI", and the Book of Records "Levsha". project of the Russian club of records "Levsha".
Throughout its history, the Book has received both positive and negative reviews. The book itself claims on its pages that it is the best-selling edition of all protected by copyright.
"Russian Book of Records"
The Guinness Book of Records is published in 37 languages of the world, including Russian. In 1989, the first edition of the Guinness Book of Records appeared in Russian. In the same year, a purely Russian version of the Book was created, called the "Book of Records of Russia" and including the achievements of Russians of world and national importance.
The Russian edition includes records of a very different nature. According to statements on the official website of the Russian Book, "most of the book is devoted to records in the categories: sports, architecture, people, geography." In particular, the Moscow-Voronezh double-deck train assembled in Tver, which is the only train in Russia capable of simultaneously carrying 1,320 passengers, is recorded in the “Russian Book of Records”.
Among the achievements of people, there are such records as the longest stay in orbit (Gennady Padalka, 803 days and more), the longest distance traveled in a round-the-world trip (Oleg Nishanov and Olesya Nishanova, 200,095 km) and the man who became the world champion in kickboxing. the number of times (Ufa resident Vil Gabdullin became the champion 29 times). The Pari Agency is collecting information on the Russian Book.
The Guinness Book of Records has gained immense popularity over the years. On October 1, 2013, with a total circulation of more than 130 million copies sold since 1955, the Guinness Book of World Records, published in over 100 countries in 25 languages, made it onto its own pages as the top-selling annual. "Only the Bible, the Koran and the quotation book of Mao Zedong have a larger circulation."
13 RUSSIAN GUINNESS BOOK RECORDS
1. Chukotka-Alaska, by swimming
Krasnoyarsk swimmers Nikolai Petshak and Natalya Usacheva swam 134 kilometers of the Pacific and Arctic oceans from Chukotka to the Arctic. Thus, they set a world record for swimming distance in icy water and received the right to carry the torch with the 2014 Olympic flame. The swim was part of the first Intercontinental Polar Relay swim from Russia to America through the Bering Strait.
2. Nice ride!
Another swimsuit record. This time - according to the number of people in swimsuits, simultaneously descending from the mountain on snowboards and skis. It happened on ski resort in Sheregesh, Kemerovo region, where more than 1 thousand people came down half-naked from the mountain. The previous record for mass descent in swimwear was set in Canada, where 250 undressed people slid off the slope.
By the way, On April 16, 2016, a new record is planned at the same place - The declared number of participants: 2000 half-naked snowboarders and skiers.
3. Tricolor at 707 meters.
Vladivostok has already been listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the city with the longest runway span, when nearly 27,000 residents set another record. This time it is the world's largest live image of the national flag. The total length of the living track was 707 meters. The previous record belonged to Pakistan - 24,200 people took part there.
The flash mob "I love Vladivostok", during which residents and guests of the city made a living 707-meter image of the Russian flag on the Golden Bridge, got into the Guinness Book of Records due to the large number of participants, the official judge of the publication Craig Glinday said during the event.
“Seeing how and with what mood the participants of the flash mob gather on the bridge, I believed that they would be able to become champions. I am very pleased that I was not mistaken, because the people who were going to set the record, despite the intense heat and pandemonium, looked so happy, ”the judge said during a flash mob over the speakerphone.
4. Jump into the book of records
The sports record was set by a tracer from St. Petersburg Erik Mukhametshin. He broke the wall jump record previously set English athletes... Mukhametshin made a somersault from the wall by 3 meters 20 centimeters, which is 16 cm more than the previous record. The jump was such a distance that during the somersault, Eric jumped a car passing by.
5.69 children of the Vasilievs
The largest number of children born to one woman in the world is 69. This record, set about 200 years ago by a Russian peasant woman, has not yet been broken.
The first of the two wives of a peasant in the Shuisky district Fedora Vasilyeva(1707 - 1782) gave birth 27 times: 16 twins (twins - a world record), 7 triplets and 4 quadruples. 67 children survived. Moreover, most of them survived to adulthood. On February 27, 1782, a message was received about this unique family from the Nikolsky Monastery in Moscow. Catherine II (the Great) herself noted this phenomenon of childbirth.
6. Record of rock musician Viktor Zinchuk
In 2001, the virtuoso guitarist performed on the guitar a variation of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee in a very fast pace- 270 beats per minute. Zinchuk produced 20 notes per second, performing the composition in just 24 seconds. His record was broken only in 2008 by Brazilian guitarist Thiago Della Vega, who performed the same piece at 320 beats per minute.
7. Never lost
Rodnina Irina Konstantinovna is a famous Soviet figure skater, three-time Olympic and ten-time world champion, as well as a Russian public and statesman. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Registered in the Guinness Book of Records as an athlete who has not lost in any competition in her entire professional career... It is worth noting that Irina Konstantinovna collected record number medals, of which 33 are gold.
8. Records of the Russian hero
Alexander Muromsky - captain of the power team "Russian Bogatyrs", set his 9th World Record in the Guinness Book of Records on May 7, 2015 in Oryol. In one minute, the athlete bent 12 metal rods with a diameter of 10 mm about his head. Muromsky's previous records are also worthy of respect: not everyone can break 11 thousand-page reference books in a minute, and in the same time break 23 metal bolts, 30 cm long, 12 mm in diameter, not everyone can.
9. Round-the-world flight in 71 hours
Lev Vasilyevich Kozlov - 52-time world record holder in airplane sport, lieutenant general of aviation, honored military pilot of the USSR, sniper pilot and master of sports of the USSR of international class. I got into the Guinness Book of Records for a round-the-world flight on the An-124 Ruslan plane in 1990. (video listing: Melbourne - South Pole - Rio de Janeiro - Rabat - North Pole - Elizovo (Kamchatka) - Melbourne). In just 72 hours 16 minutes of flight around the globe, the expedition headed by Kozlov covered a distance of 50,005 kilometers, of which 93% - over the waters of all oceans of the globe. In this flight, 7 world and 10 all-Union records were set.
10. Records of Vladimir Turchinsky
Vladimir "Dynamite" Turchinsky. He was a Russian TV and radio presenter, athlete, showman, actor and entrepreneur. Vladimir is a record holder in power sports, as well as a diploma and gold medal holder of the "Guinness Book International Records Club". Turchinsky's tricks, which were included in the Book of Records, were incredibly spectacular: the athlete moved the 260-ton Ruslan plane, held a 3.5-ton elephant in his arms, lifted the nine with 12 passengers, won a stretch with 30 participants, and one with his left, he dragged a double-decker bus weighing 20 tons for 100 meters.
11. Youngest diver
The eldest daughter of Valdis Pelsh Eizhen entered the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest diver. A 14-year-old girl dives off the coast of Antarctica. The famous father was not worried about his daughter, because she dived with her mother, and according to Valdis, he does not doubt his daughter's abilities, so he allowed this extreme view entertainment. Before this record was set, the youngest diver was 20 years old.
12. Five performances in 8 hours
Evgeny Grishkovets, author and actor of his famous and original performances, is also mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records. Once at the Golden Mask Festival in 2004, the festival laureate Grishkovets showed all his solo performances in one day - at that time there were five of them. Grishkovets spent 8.5 hours on stage in one day. It is noteworthy that the entire load fell on Grishkovets, because a solo performance is a theater of one actor. By the way, the audience at these performances was different, as were the venues for the performances, and the most staunch fans were entitled to incentive prizes.
13.11 thousand parachute jumps
Valentina Zakoretskaya began to study parachuting since the age of 16. And she got so carried away that she got into the Guinness Book of Records three times - in 1976, 1987 and 1998 as a woman parachutist with the largest number of parachute jumps in the world. It is not surprising, because she has more than 11,500 parachute jumps on her account! Valentina is a 50-time world record holder and a 2-time absolute world champion. Of the men, only two were able to overtake her.
On May 4, 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver - then Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery - went hunting in Wexford County, Ireland. He witnessed a dispute over the fastest bird in Europe, and then realized that it was impossible to find out in reference books. Then the thought occurred to him that such a book could become popular. The first edition of the 197-page Guinness Book of World Records appeared on August 27, 1955, and by Christmas it had already become the most popular book in the UK. Since the release of the first edition, over 400 million copies have been sold. The last book to be published is the 2010 Guinness Book of Records.
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1. Joel Wall from USA pushes his masterpiece - the largest ball of rubber bands. A 4,097 kg ball was measured in Lauderhill, Florida on November 13, 2008. (Guinness World Records)
2. The largest number of people wearing Smurfs was 1,253. These are the people who came to the Muchnomania festival in Castlebaney, Ireland on July 18, 2008. (Guinness World Records)
3. The record for the 100-meter hurdle race was 22.35 seconds. The record holder was the German Maren Tsonker in Cologne, Germany on September 13, 2008. (John Wright / Guinness World Records)
4. The world's largest pocket knife is 3.9 meters long and weighs 122 kg. It was designed by Telmo Cadavez from Portugal and handcrafted by Virgilio Raul also from Portugal on January 9, 2003. (Guinness World Records)
5. The heaviest lemon in the world weighed 5 kg 265 g and was grown by Aaron Shemel on a farm in Kfar Zeitim, Israel. (Guinness World Records)
6. Scott Murphy of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina bent a 30 cm diameter aluminum frying pan in 30 seconds on July 30, 2007. In girth, the resulting "lump" turned out to be 17.46 cm. (Guinness World Records)
7. The largest number of beer mugs that a woman carried 40 meters is 19. This was done by Anita Schwartz in Mesenich, Germany, on November 9, 2008, on Guinness World Records Day. (Nick Hannes / Guinness World Records)
8. Sam Weckeling rode 453.6 km unicycle in 24 hours in Aberystwyth, Wales from September 29 to 30, 2007. (Guinness World Records)
9. Jean-Francis Vernetti of Switzerland has collected 8,888 different Do Not Disturb signs from hotels in 189 countries since 1985. (Guinness World Records)
10. The total length of the nails of Melvin Booth (left) from Michigan is 9.05 meters. Lee Redmont (right), who hasn't cut her nails since 1979 and filed them neatly to grow up to 8.65 meters, lost her wealth in an accident in February. The 68-year-old record holder says it’s the most dramatic event in her life, but also admits that it’s much easier without them. Well, we are engaged in nail extension. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records)
11,227 T-shirts were worn by Jeff Van Dyck at the Unizo event in Brecht, Belgium on April 24, 2008. (Guinness World Records)
12. Harry Turner from Great Britain can stretch his skin on his stomach up to 15.8 centimeters, and all because of his Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - a disorder of connective tissue that affects the skin, ligaments and internal organs. This disease affects collagen, which strengthens the skin and determines the level of its elasticity, which leads to weakening of the skin and increased mobility of the joints. In more serious cases, it can be fatal due to ruptured blood vessels. (Ranald Mackechnie / Guinness World Records)
13. 1 911 - exactly the same number of bottles of soda with Mentos were collected in one place, namely in Latvia by the students of the TURIBA Higher Business School on June 19, 2008.
14. The largest jicama weighs 21 kg and was grown by Leo Sutisna in West Java, Indonesia. (Guinness World Records)
15. The largest collection of clones from the LEGO Star Wars game consisted of 35,310 individual models and was compiled by LEGO in Slough, UK on June 27, 2008. (Guinness World Records)
16. The oldest person to jump the bungee is Helmut Wirtz. Wirtz was 83 years 8 months and 7 days old when he bungee jumped in Duisburg, Germany on August 9, 2008. (Guinness World Records)
17. The largest collection of watches belongs to Jack Schoff from the USA, who put together 1,094 watches on June 17, 2008. (Guinness World Records)
18. A new record on 23 January 2009 was set by Wim Hof from the Netherlands - he spent 1 hour 42 minutes 22 seconds completely buried in the snow. (John Wright / Guinness World Records)
19. The largest chalk drawing was 8361.31 meters, drawn by 5,578 children from schools in Alameda, California, for a special children's project from May 27 to June 7, 2008. (Guinness World Records)
20. The record for fastest riding on the wheel of a motorcycle while sitting on the handlebars was achieved by Enda Wright in York, UK on 11 July 2006 at 173.81 kilometers per hour. (Guinness World Records)
21. The longest skis in the world are 534 meters in length. These skis were used by 1,043 skiers at an event in Sweden on September 13, 2008. (Jonas Borg / Guinness World Records)
22. The oldest table tennis player is Dorothy de Lowe. She was 97 years old when she represented Australia at the 14th World Veteran Table Tennis Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 25, 2008. (Guinness World Records)
23. The "snake boat" from Aleppi, Kerala, India is 43.7 meters long. Her team consists of 143 people, including 118 rowers, 2 drummers, 5 helmsmen and 18 singers. The boat appeared in public in Kerala, India on May 1, 2008. (Guinness World Records)
24. The fastest speed on a skateboard while standing was 113 km per hour. This record was set by Douglas da Silva at the Rio Grande do Sull, Brazil, on October 20, 2007. (Guinness World Records)
25. The largest congestion of Santa Clauses took place at Gilhall Square in Derry, Northern Ireland on 9 December 2007, at 13,000. (Guinness World Records)
26. The PAV1 Badger, created by Howe and Howe Technologies, is the smallest armored vehicle at just 1 meter wide. It's strong enough to knock down doors, but compact enough to fit in an elevator. It was commissioned by the California Civil Protection Service. (Guinness World Records)