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- Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an ... respectively during the First and Second World Wars while his Star Wars ...26 KB (4,059 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- appearing in the 1995 edition of Guinness World Records ... * Folkard, C. (ed.). Guinness World Records 2004. Guinness World Records ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 18:36, 22 November 2023
- species, ligers are the largest cats in the world. A similar hybrid, the offspring ... In Animal Life and the World of Nature, A. H. Bryden (1906) described ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 01:15, 26 October 2022
- September 30, 2013. According to Guinness World Records, the tallest inuksuk ... inukshuk Tallest Inukshuk] Guinness World Records. Retrieved October ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 11:05, 6 March 2024
- measured 26 centimeters or 10.24 inches (Guinness 2007). ... * Guinness World Records. 2007. [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/record ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 18:01, 3 May 2023
- platinum are deemed insufficient. In 1979, the Guinness Book of World Records gave Paul McCartney a rhodium-plated disc for being history's all-time ...13 KB (1,685 words) - 20:04, 8 December 2022
- reliable sources. According to the 1979 Guinness Book of Records the Thuggee ... Behram has often been considered to be the world's most prolific serial ...16 KB (2,481 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- The whale shark inhabits the world's tropical and warm-temperate ... The whale shark is the largest fish in the world, with an average ...14 KB (2,223 words) - 18:28, 17 April 2023
- studied for feasibility in various parts of the world. [[Image:Maglev ... granted to various inventors throughout the world. Early United States patents ...31 KB (4,504 words) - 05:00, 5 November 2022
- for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building for ... as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The building and its street ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 18:29, 13 February 2024
- and Jackie Freshfield (eds.), Guinness World Records 2003 (Guinness World ... * Folkard, Claire, and Jackie Freshfield (eds.). Guinness World Records ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 22:41, 30 April 2023
- that has reached far beyond the Islamic world. According to the Guinness ... of his ancestors, continues to enchant the world today through his 50-plus ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 01:20, 17 November 2022
- has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million ... song of all time. According to the Guinness World Records, Crosby's White ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 17:48, 31 October 2023
- In 1955, Cline was signed to Four Star Records, but her contract greatly ... expired in 1960, Cline signed with Decca Records, under the direction of ...17 KB (2,547 words) - 16:47, 21 November 2022
- ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest museums in the ... museums of human history and culture in the world. The vast Hermitage collections ...11 KB (1,594 words) - 14:53, 12 February 2022
- largest family of freshwater fishes in the world, and may be the largest family ... * Guinness World Records. 2003. [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world ...24 KB (3,750 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting six billion ... * Guiness Book of World Records. Guinness World Records 2005]]. Guinness ...37 KB (5,222 words) - 13:17, 4 March 2024
- Mayer who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal of ... protecting the homefront during the Second World War in Mrs. Miniver, co-starring ...27 KB (3,873 words) - 22:37, 26 July 2022
- *The world's biggest snowcastle, the SnowCastle of Kemi, is built ... during the 1971–1972 season. Guinness World Records lists the world’s ...18 KB (2,780 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2023
- 11, 2023. which earned him the Guinness World Records for "oldest ... and 342 days, according to the Guinness World Records adjudicator, earning ...61 KB (9,033 words) - 20:13, 12 September 2023
- The Guinness Book of World Records lists Telemann as the most prolific composer of all time with more than eight hundred credited works. More ...11 KB (1,648 words) - 06:57, 18 April 2024
- Hills is the largest educational building in the world.]] ... is one of the oldest universities in the world, made around the fourth century ...28 KB (4,044 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- "Queen of Rock & Roll." Her records sold many millions of copies ... over $100 million in ticket sales. Guinness World Records later announced that ...23 KB (3,629 words) - 22:06, 21 December 2023
- Her appeal is so large that Christie is often cited, by the Guinness ... During World War I she worked as a Red Cross volunteer nurse at a ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 06:43, 16 June 2023
- later convert U238 to plutonium in the world's first controlled nuclear ... After the conclusion of World War II and the Manhattan Project, Seaborg ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
- Heisman's team to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records. In ... faculty member. After three seasons of 4-4 records, Heisman resigned after ...22 KB (3,381 words) - 06:56, 8 April 2024
- for Muddy Waters. After signing with Decca Records, the Stones began touring ... $437 million and a place in the Guinness World Records. June 12, 2007 saw ...30 KB (4,791 words) - 17:26, 30 April 2023
- Cougar (Puma concolor) is a very large, New World wild cat (family ... * Guinness (Firm). Guinness World Records, 2004. New York: Guinness ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- differences, pythons are found in the Old World and anacondas in the New ... It used to be said that boas were New World Snakes and pythons were Old ...16 KB (2,471 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- unusual distinction of being home to the world's first aviation disaster ... Hydrogen-filled balloons were also widely used during World War I ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- He did these entertainment tours from World War II up until the Persian ... as The Most Honored Entertainer by The Guinness Book of World Records. ...28 KB (4,249 words) - 05:46, 16 November 2023
- animals. The 2007 edition of the Guinness World Records lists the cassowary ... * Clements, J. 2007. The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 14:23, 29 November 2023
- to the entertainment industry: a Guinness World Record for "Longest ... white-breaking-bad-earn-guinness-world-records-titles-8C11089734 ...54 KB (7,980 words) - 18:02, 29 September 2023
- with them upon their arrival to the New World. It grew especially popular ... United States and overseas as a result of World War II indirectly caused ...19 KB (2,953 words) - 16:29, 27 April 2024
- atrocities committed by Nazi Germany during World War II, a consensus within ... The Guinness Book of Records describes the UDHR as the "Most ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 12:00, 3 May 2023
- Joyless Street). To be successful in the world of acting, Stiller told her ... Garbo appeared particularly seductive as the famous World War I spy ...20 KB (3,159 words) - 16:14, 18 July 2022
- contemporary vocal performers in the world of opera and across multiple ... in 2001, and currently holds two Guinness World Records: For receiving the ...22 KB (3,379 words) - 10:36, 9 March 2023
- brought about the defeat of Japan in the Second World War. ... seasonal temperature variation. The Guinness Book of World Records has ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- in America following the end of the Second World War, the theremin soon fell ... in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan, achieved a Guinness world record as the largest ...52 KB (7,562 words) - 23:57, 12 March 2023
- November 25th, 2007, according to Guinness World Records.]] ... much danger to those carrying them, and by World War I the carrying of a flag ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- journalism students in schools around the world are now taught about the ... According to the Guinness Book of Records, the daily circulation of ...26 KB (3,891 words) - 23:23, 14 November 2022
- electricity. Malling-Hansen attended the world exhibitions in Vienna in ... In some third-world and developing countries, where personal computers ...36 KB (5,574 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- and deaths had not yet begun, and records kept by the Roman Catholic ... 170 gallons of porter, 278,658 gallons of Guinness, and 183,392 gallons of whiskey. ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 13:17, 6 March 2024
- the conquest of Western Europe. Mongolian records indicate that Subutai was ... into Europe helped to draw attention to the world beyond the European space ...27 KB (4,287 words) - 22:42, 30 September 2020
- His other achievements include Guinness world records (including the Most ... January 26, 2018 |work= Guinness World Records |url= http://www ...200 KB (27,687 words) - 00:08, 13 March 2023
- total, it is the longest epic poem in the world (roughly 10 times the size ... mortality and attachment to the material world and enter the realm of the ...33 KB (5,198 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- margin of a record 5 lakh votes, the Guinness Book Of World Records recording ... [http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/andhra27.htm Rao's world ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 10:56, 11 March 2023
- combination the third-longest river in the world behind the Nile and Amazon ... One of the most diverse communities of plants and wildlife in the ...31 KB (4,768 words) - 11:11, 10 March 2023
- includes friendlies, is recognized as a Guinness World Record. ... pages=1–11 He was listed in the Guinness World Records for most career goals ...132 KB (18,506 words) - 20:27, 15 February 2024
- second largest reserve of the mineral in the world. Important industries ... submitted an application to Guinness World Records to have the four ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- common phenomena. However, in the Western world the true nature and understanding ... Singapore has one of the highest rates of lightning activity in the world. ...51 KB (7,568 words) - 08:38, 8 March 2023
- perhaps the best known painting in the entire world. ==Background== ... During World War II, the painting was again removed from the Louvre ...32 KB (4,849 words) - 15:32, 25 May 2023
- unveiling filled U.S. Capitol." Tulsa World, 2007-06-05 [http://www ... Blake (Jim), and Fred Stone. Bill became a World War II hero, played his father ...30 KB (4,512 words) - 12:01, 5 May 2023
- Projects and Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, the world's highest masonry dam. ... also has the distinction of being in the Guinness book of World records for ...30 KB (4,151 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- ** W3C: (double-u three cee) World Wide Web Consortium * Recursive ... The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) records the first printed use of ...44 KB (6,504 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- underdeveloped child (he is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the nation ... naval attack on Spanish colonies in the New World, hoping that the capture ...42 KB (6,645 words) - 19:12, 4 December 2023
- United States) and the largest oil exporter in the world. ... * On September 15, 2007, Caracas chefs broke the Guinness World Records ...33 KB (4,619 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- shoreline in 2002 in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of Records.[http://news ... Japan is the nation with the most recorded tsunami in the world. ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- and international fame as one of the world's greatest interviewers ... and international fame as one of the world's greatest interviewers ...42 KB (5,955 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- World Heritage Sites. According to Guinness World Records, Prague Castle is ... has become one of Europe's and the world's most popular tourist ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- The lion (Panthera leo) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae family ... species sought for exhibition in zoos the world over since the late eighteenth ...86 KB (13,304 words) - 17:35, 12 May 2023
- Heavy metal continues to have a large world-wide following of fans known ... (who once held the distinction of "The World's Loudest Band" ...41 KB (6,469 words) - 21:31, 26 December 2020
- of the top 20 most-watched ABC's Wide World of Sports events of all time. His achievements and failures got him into the Guinness Book of World ...38 KB (5,931 words) - 04:54, 23 March 2024
- awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World Records and remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time with 200 million records sold ...197 KB (27,840 words) - 23:40, 20 June 2019
- E27, is used in Europe and elsewhere in the world with 220-240V household voltage. ... is a light bulb which is accepted by the Guinness Book of World Records as ...44 KB (6,810 words) - 12:43, 4 March 2024
- is the 22nd most populous city in the world, with a recorded population ... Bangkok has one of the fastest rates in the world for construction ...46 KB (6,646 words) - 03:29, 17 September 2023
