Guinness World Records 2018

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Contents WHAT’S NEW? 45,000 claims researched • 3,000 new and updated records published 1,000 photographs sourced • 60 exclusive ...

WHAT’S NEW? SPORTS ............. 216 FIFA World Cup Preview 218 Club Soccer........... 220 International Soccer... 221 American ...

Editor’s Letter INTRODUCTION As ever, you’ll find thousands of new and updated world records – plus some favourite classics from ...

INTRODUCTION MOST AMERICAN FOOTBALL FIELD GOALS MADE IN ONE MINUTE On 3 Feb 2017, Adam Vinatieri (USA) kicked 28 field goals in ...

us with records about superpowers – political ones, that is! – on p.146, and comic-book experts Rob Cave and TQ Jefferson suppli ...

INTRODUCTION LARGEST LEGO® MOSAIC OF A LEGO MINIFIGURE On 17 Sep 2016, Brick Fest Live! (USA) presented a 37.62-m^2 (404.93-sq-f ...

SUPERHEROES UNITE INTRODUCTION Have you got what it takes to be a superhero? The idea of a crimefighting hero hiding behind a ma ...

SUPERHEROES UNITE Interview: TOM HOLLAND TOM HOLLAND British actor Tom Holland was aged just 20^ years 123 days when filming wra ...

SUPERLATIVE SQUAD SUPERHEROES THE SAMURAI For a cutting-edge hero to rival Wolverine, we’ll take Isao Machii (JPN). In 2011, the ...

SUPERLATIVE SQUAD APPLE CRUSH Looking for the super-strength of Captain Marvel? Step forward Linsey Lindberg (USA)! Among her ma ...

Reebok Record-Breakers INTRODUCTION MOST KETTLEBELL BACK SOMERSAULTS IN ONE MINUTE (MALE) Carrying a 6-kg (13-lb 3.6-oz) kettleb ...

INTRODUCTION MOST CONSECUTIVE TANDEM PUSH-UPS (MIXED) Actor, star of New Girl and CrossFit devotee Max Greenfield (USA, right) t ...

GWR Day INTRODUCTION MOST PEOPLE PERFORMING SQUATS Fitness guru Kayla Itsines (AUS) marked GWR Day by leading a supersized exerc ...

INTRODUCTION MOST BASKETBALL THREE-POINTERS IN ONE MINUTE (SINGLE BALL) The AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, USA, hosted t ...

Earth Today is the longest day on Earth... The planet’s rotation is slowing down by around 1.Ň milliseconds eĢery hundred years. ...

EARTH LONGEST RECORD OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS The first documented eruption of Mount Etna, on the Italian island of Sicily, dates b ...

paddies. Unfortunately, the acidic, nutrient-poor soil was unsuitable for rice growth. The project was abandoned in 1998, having ...

EARTH LARGEST COASTAL MANGROVE FOREST The Sundarbans stretches for almost 6,000 sq mi (15,540 km^2 ) across India and Bangladesh ...

Deepest-forming rocks On 19 May 2000, geologists from the University of Queensland in Australia announced their discovery of roc ...