INDEXCrime & Punishment
150–151
crime fiction 166
crime rates 150
crocodiles 52, 60, 110
crops 183
croquet 234
cross-country skiing 243
cruise ships 37
cruiser fleets 210
crutches, racing on 81
cryonic suspension 196
cups: balancing on
forehead 124; pyramid
118
curling 242
curries 112
Customized Cars
206–207
Cycling 68, 233 ;
BMX Street 245;
circumnavigation 131;
journeys 131, 134, 140,
141; polar expeditions
134; tightrope cycling
143, see also bicycles;
unicycling
Dakar Rally 232
dancing: ceremonial
Mexican dance 161;
dragons 116
dark-sky preserves 27
darts 68, 234
Davis Cup 227
death tolls: earthquakes
24; fires 28; selfie deaths
161; superhero movies 95
The Deep 32–33
deep-sea exploration
32–33
Deer 42–43, 60
defence budgets 149
democracy index 161
density 188, 196
designer labels 156
Designer of the Year
awards 156
desk, motorized 206
detective novels 166
development projects 160
diamond heists 150
digital albums 176
digital film extras 170
digital images 193
dinosaurs 36, 60, 183, 215
dirt cake 114
disc jockeys 163
disco balls 123
Disney movies 170, 172, 173
displaced persons 147, 161
diving: birds 62; chelonians
54, 55; deep-sea 32, 33;
freediving 241; mammals
57; pigs 51; shallow dive
143; submarines 32
DNA 125, 150
Doctor Who 111, 116, 168
dodos 60
dog-hair ball 122
dogs 58, 59, 62; age 182;
balancing 59; dog
costumes 116; expensive
198; height 36, 59;
Instagram followers
61; police dogs 215;
skateboarding 58, 80;
standing jumps 142;
tongues 58; ugliness 58
donkeys 58
doors, car 206
double trap shooting 234
doughnuts 105
drag queens 84
drag racing 232
Dragon Ball cosplay 99
dressage 247
drills, cordless 215
drink cans: balancing 115;
crushing 125, 208; stuck
to head 125
duck walk 10
duct tape 118
dumbbells 78
dumplings 114; matzah
balls 122
dunking biscuits 15
Eagles 44–45
earnings 162–163; actors
& actresses 94, 162, 163,
169, 172, 173; authors
163, 166; celebrities
162, 163, 177; CEOs
148, 163; chefs 162;
comedians 163; disc
jockeys 163; magicians
82, 163; models 156,
162; musicians 163, 177;
reality TV stars 168;
sportsmen/women 162,
163, 221, 228, 232; TV
personalities 162, 163,
168, 169
ears: 3D-printed bionic 74;
ear hair 86; earphone
implants 74; flesh
tunnels 73; ”third ear”,
implanted 74; weights
lifted/pulled by 79
EARTH 16–35; crust 21;
orbital images of 192
Earth Round-Up 34–35
earthquakes: death
tolls 24; duration 25;
earthquake-sensing
technology 74;
registered from orbit 25
Easter eggs 36
economic freedom 149
economic growth 148
economies, innovative 148
ectoparasites 50
Edge of Space 186–187
education expenditure 148
egg and spoon races 81
eggs, creme 115
Eiger 132
election expenses 145
electric monster trucks 209
electric railcars 203
electrical discharge 196
electronics brands 156
elements 22–23
elephants: origami
elephants 14; people
dressed as 117
elevator shafts 204
elevators 204
Emmy Awards 168
emojis 152, 153
emoticons 152
English Channel crossings
141
English Premier League
220
envelopes 109
environmental
performance index 27
equal societies 148
escalators 204
espionage 110
Everest 132, 133
excavators 105
exclamation marks 161
executions: animals 51;
executioners 150
exercise classes 14
expensive 198–199;
aircraft 199; art 181, 199;
bathrooms 159; books
167; cars 199; chocolate
bars 198; cinema tickets
198; comic books 92,
93; dogs 198; fashion
shows 156; flags
155; footballers 220;
fungus 30; guitars 199;
hamburgers 198; houses
199; inaugurations 145,
146; jewels 199; LEGO
bricks 198; man-made
objects 199; movies
199; pigeons 198; pop-
star outfits 198; Post‑it
notes 198; sandwiches
198; sculpture 181, 199;
sneakers/trainers 157;
soccer players 199; suits
(clothing) 157; taxi rides
198; toilet systems 158;
TV programmes 169;
warships 199; weddings
199
explosions 57extracellular needle-
electrodes 197
Extreme Sports 244
eye sockets, weights lifted/
pulled by 79
eyelashes 71
eyelids, weights pulled
by 79
eyes 39; bionic 75fabric, 3D-printed 190
Facebook 178
facial-recognition glasses
196
FAI (Fédération
Aéronautique
Internationale)
138–139
fallow deer 42
fan fiction 166, 167
Fashion Extremes
156–157
fashion shows 156
Fastest... 62–63
Fastest 100 m... 80–81
Father Christmas see Santa
feathers 196
Feats of Strength 78–79
feet 67, 84; footwear 108,
156, 157
Ferrero Rocher 115
ferries 213
fertility 84
FIFA Futsal World Cup 221
FIFA World Cup Preview
218–219
fighter planes 210
figure skating 242
fingernails: length 64–65,
70, 86; weights lifted
by 79
fingers and toes: finger
snaps 85; polydactylism
70; weights lifted by 79
fire shelters 28
fire tornadoes 29
fire whirls 28
firebreaks 28
firemen’s uniforms, relay
racing in 81
fires: bonfires 37; burns 11,
84; wildfires 28–29
Fireworks 194–195
fish 61; age 182; deep‑sea
32; predatory 60; size
86, 105; weight 105
Fitness Fanatics 76–77
flag signals 154
flagpoles 37, 154
Flags 154–155
flesh tunnels 72, 73
flippers, hurdling in 80
flood basalt 20
food 112–115; 3D-printed
190; restricted diets 46;
servings 112, 125; weight
112; see also individual
entries
football see soccer
footwear 108, 156, 157
forensic artists 150
forklifts 118, 208
Formula One 127, 232;
earnings 162
fossils 46, 54
four-leaf clovers 110
francium atoms 22
freediving 241
freefall see skydiving
frogs, origami 124
fruit: people dressed as 117;
sculpture 124
Fun with Food 114–115
fundraising events 238
Fungi 30–31
fur 58gadgets in a cosplay suit
99
galaxies 63
Game Boy 197
garden shed, motorized
206
GDP 149
gender gap 148, 149
generations 126
geological epochs 35gila monsters 53
gingerbread men 112
gingerbread villages 113
giraffes 36, 60
glacial erratics 21
glaciers 35
gliders 138, 139, 143
Global Peace Index 147
goals: American football
222; basketball 224; ice
hockey 225; penalty
goals 225; rugby 226;
soccer 218, 219, 220
goats 58
gold-plated car 207
Golden Globe awards 170,
173
goldfish 182
Golf 124, 231
golf balls 124; stacking 122
government revenue and
expenditure 148
graduates 69
Grammy awards 179
grand slams: rugby 226;
tennis 227
granite 21
grapes 115, 183
Great Balls of... 122–123
greyhounds 62
guinea pigs 58
guitars 199, 215
gumbo 112
guns 210, 215
GWR Day 14–15
gymnastics 68, 247hactivism 146
hair: hairy cars 206; hairy
pigs 51; high top fade
71; human hair ball 123;
length 86; weights
lifted/pulled by 79; wigs
157
half-life 22
halwa 112
hamburgers 114, 115, 198
hammer throw 237
hand clapping 118
handball 247
hands: bionic 74; one-
handed Rubik’s Cube
solving 121; running on
124; walking on 124
handstand push-ups 77
hang-gliding 139, 244
Hard Rock 20–21
hawk-eagles 44
hay bales 79
head: balancing books on
166; breaking toilet seats
with 158; drink cans
stuck to 125; shaving 85
head spins 118
heads of state 126
age 146; height 146;
multiple countries
governed 146; non-royal
146
health-care budgets 148
heart: heart-transplant
recipients 85, 127;
outside the body 85
Heaviest... 104–105
Heavy Metal 22–23
height 36–37; animals 36,
58, 59, 60; fungi 30;
humans 36, 66–67, 70,
160, 214; structures 37,
57; trees 34, 37
helicopters:
circumnavigation 130;
firefighting 29; military
211
hell pigs 50
Hello Kitty memorabilia 111
henna tattoos 73
hieroglyphs 183
high heels: pulling weights
in 79; roller skating 81;
running in 81
high jump 142
high top fade 71
high-speed rail 202
Highest... 142–143
Highest-Earning...
162–163hip replacements 84
hoaxes, photographic 192
hockey 247
hole-in-one 231
Holland, Tom 9
holograms 193
home ranges 46
homes, high altitude 143
hooks through skin,
lifting/pulling weights
by 79
hopping 77
horses 58; equestrian
events 247; pantomime
horses 80; tweed suits
60
horseshoes 109; pitching
234
hostages 151
hot dogs 86, 114
hot tub, motorized 207
hot-air balloons 138,
143; altitude 187;
circumnavigation
131, 138; over North
and South Pole 140;
underground flight 140
hotels 183
houses: expensive 199;
house of cards 119;
pulled 79; toilet-shaped
159
hug relay 125
hula hooping 10, 14, 81, 82
The Hulk 91; cosplay 99
human chains 87, 125
human pyramids 83
human‑powered flight
140
human-powered vehicles
62
humans: anatomy 70–71;
body art 72–73; height
36, 66–67, 70, 160,
214; longevity 68–69,
126, 182; speed 62, 63;
transhumanism 74–75;
weight 71, 104
hurdling 80, 237
hurdy-gurdy 109
hydrofoils 213
hydroplanes 63
hydrothermal vents 32IAAF Diamond League
236, 237
ice: Arctic ice cap 26;
cores 183; immersion in
11; sea ice 26
Ice Hockey 225 , 243
ice skating 213, 242
ice swimming 244
ice-cream cones 112
icebergs 37
iced tea 112
iguanas 52
infantry fighting vehicles
210
inline skating 239
insects: size 40, 86; see
also individual entries
Instagram 152, 178, 193;
followers 61, 176
intelligence; superheroes
100
International Soccer
221
iron 22, 34
Ironman Triathlon 247
irons 110
islands 35Jaffa cakes 115
James Bond 172
Bond villains 172
javelin throw 237
jaws 57
jewellery 156, 199
jigsaw puzzles: human
pieces 14; playable vinyl
puzzles 176
journalists, imprisoned
151
Journey to the West
memorabilia 110
JPEGs 193
judo 229juggling:
balls
82, 122;
basketballs 15,
82; blindfolded
82; chainsaws
82; Rubik’s Cube
solving 120; on a
unicycle 82; while sword
swallowing 82
jumping: animals 51, 58;
high jump 142; monster
trucks 208; pogo stick
142, 244; pole vault 142;
ramp jumps 11, 208, 244;
standing jumps 142K2 132, 133
kabaddi 247
kayaking 136, 241
keepie-uppies 116
ketchup 115
kettlebells 78
keys 109
kidnapping 150, 151
kidney dialysis 85
Kilimanjaro 132
killfies 161
kite surfing 141La Liga 220
laddu 112
lakes: databases 35; lava
lakes 35
Land’s End to John
o’Groats: cycling 140;
walking 141
languages: common
153; consonants 152;
endangered 152;
foreign‑language films
171; gender‑specific
153; language isolates
152; official 152, 153;
sounds 152; spoken 152;
teachers 160; unofficial
153; written 152
lanthanide metals 22
laptops 197
larvae 40
Laurence Olivier Awards
180
lava lakes 35
law books 166
lawyers 160
laziness 55
lead pollution 27
LED sculpture 197
The Legend of Zelda
memorabilia 110
LEGO® 67, 198; sculpture
8, 67, 109, 174; Star Wars
174, 175; videogames 97
lemon juice, drinking 115
length, units of 215
libraries 166
library books 166
lichens 30
life expectancy 160
life sentences 151
lift shaft falls 143
lifting and throwing people
78
lifts see elevators
light bulb display 15
lightning 34
Ligue 1 220
lilos 108, 125
limbo 83
limousines 209
lip balms 110
litters 46
Little Mermaid memorabilia
110
lizards 53
logs: lifted 79; motorized
206
long-distance running 236
Longest... 86–87
longevity: animals 43,
46, 48, 51, 52, 53, 58;
humans 68–69, 126, 182
lorikeets 48
Lottery millionaires 116
lovebirds 48
LPGA tour 231
luge 243, 244