Consisting of 5,234 slabs of dough, Ottavia covered an area of around 1,261.65 square metres by 40 metres in diameter. The first attempt was in 2012 in Rome, where they prepared Ottavia, the giant pizza in the world: over 9,000 kg of flour, 100% gluten-free. Pizza is one of Italy's best-loved foods, a feather in our cap that for years has also allowed us to put ourselves to the test in the Guinness Book of Records. We at Visit Italy have selected the ten that left us almost speechless! Italy certainly does not fail to shine within this recognition, especially when breaking culinary records. Having sold more than 100 million copies in 100 different countries, the book itself is a record! Even today, after the demise of the McWhirters, it is still the best-selling copyrighted book in the world and the third best-selling book after the Bible and the Koran. The book was published on 27 August 1955 and was an immediate success. So he turned to Ross and Norris McWhirter twins, who specialised in athletics records, and entrusted them with the first edition of the Guinness Records Book. Sir Hugh thought that these discussions must be commonplace and had the idea of creating a book in which anyone could satisfy their curiosity about records. A discussion arose among those present as to whether or not the golden plover was the fastest bird in Europe. On, during dinner, he thought some golden plovers during their haunting trip had escaped because of their speed. The idea of collecting every possible kind of record came from Sir Hugh Beaver, the then managing director of the Guinness brewery in Dublin. Puckel Martin is owned by Madde Herrman of Vargön, Sweden.įor this 'breathtaking' world record watch the video below.The Guinness World Records is a book that has been published annually since 1955 and collects all world records. The world record for guinea pig high-jump belongs to Puckel Martin who jumped 20 cm on 16 March 2003. Linda Lou Taylor of Indiana holds the record for most marriages. On June 8, 2009, 2510 students from Swansea University, UK, got together dressed up as Smurfs and stood around in a square. Radhakant Baiijpai from India set the record for longest ear hair growing from the centre of the ear in 2003. The bags are from 1142 airlines and 160 countries. Over 40 years, Niek Vermulen collected a staggering 6016 sick bags. Most People Brushing Their Teeth Simultaneouslyġ0,800 students brushed their teeth for about three minutes in Manila, Philippines. In one minute Ashrita Furman crushed 80 eggs with his head. While sitting on the handlebars, facing the seat which had been converted into a music stand, the violinist cycled backwards playing J.S Bach.įin Keheler, age 11, of Sandy, Utah, covered his face with 43 live snails. However this totally sobers into comparison with some other world records 10 totally stupid world records:Ĭhristian Adam cycled 60km in five hours and nine minutes. Thursday was Guinness World Records Day and as part of the celebrations one of the most wacky record attempts was revealed: Highest Forward Flip Pogo Stick Jump, as you can see in the video above.
(ADW) You can set a world record for anything these days and there are some very honourable and serious records such as the recent impressive skydiving records set by Felix Baumgartner, to the downright stupid such as the most Ferrero Rocher eaten in one minute!
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