Calais, France – April 12, 2017 – A total of 82 balloons that took off from Dover in Kent have been flown across the English Channel and made it to France, setting the new world record for the Most hot air balloons to cross the English Channel. Photo: The cohort of 85 hot air balloons flew from Dover to Calais …

Rome, Italy – April 11, 2017 – Researchers have discovered ancient dental fillings in northern Italy; the fillings were found inside a pair of 13,000-year-old front teeth; they were made of bitumen, a semi-solid form of petroleum thus setting the new record for the World’s oldest dental fillings. Photo: Researchers have discovered ancient dental fillings in northern Italy, the world’s …

Toronto, Canada – April 11, 2017 – A group of 404 people dressed as Albert Einstein walked down the streets of Toronto to set a World Record for “largest gathering of people dressed as Albert Einstein” and kick off the 2017 Next Einstein competition. Photo: A group of 404 people dressed as Albert Einstein walked down the streets of Canada …

Toronto, Ontario, Canada – April 11, 2017 – CNIB kicked off its centennial year with Eye Believe, a flash mob in Nathan Phillips Square; hundreds of community members gathered to set the World Record for the Largest human image of an eye (largest formation of the human eye). Photo: CNIB kicked off its centennial year with Eye Believe, a flash …

एडिसन “एडसन” अरांटिस डो नैसिमेंटो (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) (जन्म 21 या 23 अक्टूबर 1940), जिन्हें उनके लोकप्रिय नाम पेले के नाम से जाना जाता है, एक अवकाशप्राप्त ब्राज़ीली फुटबॉल खिलाड़ी हैं। फुटबॉल के विशेषज्ञों और पूर्व खिलाड़ियों द्वारा उन्हें सर्वकालीन महान फुटबॉल खिलाड़ियों में से एक माना जाता है। 1999 में, उनको इंटरनैशनल फेडरेशन ऑफ फुटबॉल हिस्ट्री एंड स्टैटिस्टिक्स …

Baltimore, Maryland, USA – April 9, 2017 – A total of 494 students, faculty and staff at Loyola University Maryland set the World Record for the most people crab-walking at once. Photo: Loyola University breaks the Guinness World Record for the most people crab walking for two minutes simultaneously. To claim the new record 494 people took part in the …

Bisket Jatra Festival Images, Stock Photos: Bisket Jatra is an annual event in Bhaktapur, Dhapasi and Tokha in Nepal. This festival is celebrated at the start of the new year on the Bikram Sambat calendar, however, the festival it self is not related to Bikram Sambat. Legend has it that this celebration is the “festival after the death of the …

Tallahassee, Florida, USA – April 10, 2017 – More than 300 Florida State University students successfully formed the world’s largest human “FSU Torch” on campus; it stretched across Landis Green from near Strozier Library to Landis Hall, setting the new world record for the Largest human FSU torch. Photo: A camera-equipped drone flying 400 feet overhead captured the “FSU Torch …

London, UK – April 9, 2017 – Jessica the Jack Russell and her owner, Rachael Grylls, used a skipping rope to clock up 59 jumps in one minute, thus setting the new world record for the Most skips by a dog and person in one minute – single rope. Photo: Rachel Grylls, 38, and eight-year-old Jessica broke the Guinness World …

In Jainism, a Tirthankara is a human being who helps in achieving liberation and enlightenment as an “Arihant” by destroying their soul-constraining (ghati) karmas, became a role-model and leader for those seeking spiritual guidance. Tirthankaras revitalize Jain Society by organisation of fourfold Jain Order consisting of monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen. Not all Arihants can become Tirthankaras. There are twenty-four …