Sudbury, Ontario, Canada – May 26, 2017 – More than 340 students from R.L. Beattie Public School in Sudbury, Ont., gathered to conduct the experiment to isolate banana DNA and set the new world record for the Most people conducting a DNA isolation experiment simultaneously. Photo: More than 340 students gathered to make World Record history, setting the world record …

Ningbo, China – May 26, 2017 – “The Maze of the Butterfly Lovers” set two new world records: covering 33,565 square metres, it sets the new world record for the Largest permanent hedge maze; with a total of 8,375 metres it is the hedge maze with the longest length of paths. Photo: The world’s largest hedge maze in Ningbo, China. …

Riga, Latvia – May 28, 2017 – Latvian technology company Aerones created a drone that can lift heavy weights to great heights; daredevil skydiver Ingus Augstkalns was lifted 1,082 feet (330 meters) into the air by a 28-propeller drone, dropped and parachuted safely back to the Earth, thus setting the world record for the World’s First skydive from a drone. …

Kathmandu, Nepal – May 28, 2017 – Anshu Jamsenpa, 37 and the mother of two, has climbed Mount Everest twice in less than a week, thus setting the new world record for the Fastest double ascent of Mount Everest by a woman. Photo: Anshu Jamsenpa has established a new women’s record for a double ascent of the world’s highest mountain …

Riddles — A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundra, which are questions relying for their effects on punning …

Famous English Quotes about Milk: Milk is a pale liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for infant mammals (including humans who breastfeed) before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother’s antibodies to its young and can reduce the risk of many …

London, United Kingdom – May 24, 2017 – The ‘world’s hottest chilli’ has been unveiled at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show; The Dragon’s Breath chilli as it is known comes in at 2.4 million Scovilles (SCU), setting the new world record for the Hottest chilli. Photo: The ‘world’s hottest chilli’ has been unveiled at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower …

Enkanyisweni, South Africa – May 24, 2017 – Some interesting concoctions were prepared at the Margate Light Plane Club’s potjiekos competition; by having 66 potjies bubbling at once, the Club sets the new world record for the Most potjies cooked simultaneously. Photo: Some interesting concoctions were prepared at the Margate Light Plane Club’s potjiekos competition. The club broke the Guinness …

Los Angeles, California, USA – May 24, 2017 – The CBS gameshow Let’s Make a Deal set a world record by creating a massive cereal bowl as a gag prize; the massive bowl, which weighed 3,504 pounds, was featured as a “ZONK” consolation prize on the show’s “foodie” episode and sets the new world record for the Largest cereal bowl. …

Photographer: Ajaish Jaiswal Publisher: Niyogi Books Pages: 208 Price: Rs 2,500 It is an enduring example of Indian ingenuity. A city in a timber-rich, though rock quarry-deficient region still went on to host an array of grand edifices, “mimicking stone” that not only made it a byword for cultural sophistication but survived the devastation of time, destruction of conquerors and …