London, UK – March 17, 2016 – A world record for the most people carrying out a beer tasting in one room was officially broken at Publican Awards; 1,236 guests successfully took part in the tasting, which was led by drinks educator and renowned beer sommelier Jane Peyton. Photo: 1,236 guests successfully took part in the tasting, which was led …
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Why do the English and Americans celebrate St. Patrick’s day?
St. Patrick’s Day celebrated annually on 17 March is named after St. Patrick, a patron saint of Ireland who is believed to have died on that day. The life and work of St. Patrick is shrouded in vagueness. We rely on the works of some 7th century hagiographers and the anonymous writer of the Annals of Ulster for information about …
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राजा-रानियों, जादू तथा परियों से संबंधित कहानियां ऐसी हैं जो हम में से सभी ने बचपन में पढ़ी या सुनी होगी ओर ऐसा अक्सर नहीं होता है कि ये जादूमयी स्थल उसी तरह दिखते होंगे जैसी आपने कल्पना की होगी। ये ऐसी आकर्षक पर्यटक स्थल हैं जिनकी रचना परीकथाओं से प्रेरणा लेकर की गई होगी। पुरे विश्व में कई जादुई …
Read More »Largest private collection of toy soldiers: Jonathan Waters breaks Guinness World Records record
Macon, Georgia, USA – March 1, 2016 – Jonathan Waters set up a display of 1,020 toy soldiers, with no duplicates, at the Ocmulgee National Monument, thus setting the new world record for largest private collection of toy soldiers. Photo: Jonathan Waters has collected soldiers from a wide range of wars from American and world history, including from medieval times. …
Read More »Most behind-the-back catches: Antonio Brown breaks Guinness World Records record
Washington, DC, USA – February 22, 2016 – Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins teamed up with All-Pro Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown during Super Bowl week to break the Guinness World Records record for the amount of behind the back catches in a minute; Cousins and Brown hooked up for 27 behind the back catches, thus setting the new world …
Read More »Largest display of toy windmills: energis GmbH sets world record
Saarbrücken, Germany – February 20, 2016 – A total of 12268 children from 35 kindergartens, 43 schools and 42 clubs designed 12,268 toy windmills who were placed in Saarbrücken at the Saar-Spektakel, the biggest public festival in the region, by the energy concern energis Gmbh, thus setting the new world record for the Largest display of toy windmills (pinwheels). Photo: 35 …
Read More »Largest cookie mosaic: Robin Hood breaks Guinness World Records record
Toronto, Canada – February 16, 2016 – The Robin Hood team celebrated Family Day (in Ontario) by achieving the world record title for the Largest cookie mosaic in support of We Bake for Change, an initiative of WE Day; the completed mosaic measured 29.58 feet by 47.71 feet and was comprised of over 13,000 shortbread cookies. Photo: Craig Kielburger, Co-Founder of …
Read More »Hari Chand – Greatest Indian athletes ever
Hari Chand sits at Café Coffee Day, a stone’s throw away from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Inside the enormous belly of the stadium is a tartan track. Hari Chand has an unrealised dream there. If fulfilled, it would have made him the undisputed long-distance running champion in India. For a lot of people, who have bothered to …
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जर्मनी के सोलिंगन शहर में चाकू कई चरणों की निर्माण प्रक्रिया से गुजरने के बाद अंतिम रूप लेते है। तभी तो यह शहर यूरोप में चाकू व कटरली का प्रमुख केंद्र माना जाता है। चाकू निर्माण अलग-अलग तरह के चाकू तैयार करने के लिए विविध विधियों का प्रयोग करते है। एक कुशल चाकू कारीगर तथा कटलरी पॉलिशर राल्फ यहां ‘विप्परकोटन‘ …
Read More »Largest dome igloo: Switzerland breaks Guinness World Records record
Iglu-Dorf, Switzerland – January 22, 2016 – Swiss locals build the world’s biggest IGLOO in the Swiss Alps resort of Iglu-Dorf in front of Matterhorn, situated in Zermatt at an altitude of 2,727m; a total of 1,700 snow bricks were needed tu build the 13m-wide igloo, which has taken 11 days to build for the resort’s 20th anniversary. Photo: The …
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