Glasgow, UK – June 12, 2017 – Over 1000 people participated in the Big Smile Big Band event, which took place at the SEC Glasgow, including Dental School and other University staff, dental alumni, school children and teachers from the Glasgow area, setting the new world record for the Largest human smile. Photo: To celebrate National Smile Month, UofG’s Dental …

Born: 11 June, 1897 at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, British India Died: 19 December, 1927 at Gorakhpur Jail, Uttar Pradesh, British India Ram Prasad Bismil was the famous freedom fighter who was involved in the historic Kakori train robbery. He was born in 1897 at Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. His father Muralidhar was an employee of Shahjahanpur Municipality. Rama Prasad learnt Hindi from …

Born on: June 4, 1936 Born in: Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra Nationality: Indian Career: Actress Death: February 21, 1991 Nutan was one of the finest actresses known to Bollywood ever. The lady who dominated the Indian silver screen in the 1950s and 1960s, was an actress without par. Her enigmatic screen presence and eyes that betrayed every single emotion took …

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 …

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 …

Kizhakkambalam, India – May 8, 2017 – More than 6,500 women from 21 different states danced their way to the Book of world records by performing ‘Thiruvathirakkali’, Kerala’s popular dance form, in Kizhakkambalam, thus setting the new world record for the Largest ‘Thiruvathirakkali’ dance. Photo: The 16-minute performance, has been adjudged the largest Thiruvathira ever held with a total of …

Sarawak, Malaysia – May 8, 2017 – A total of 440 people, clad in full cat costumes – complete with ears and tail, participated in the event held in conjunction with this year’s Asean International Film Festival and Awards (AIFFA 2017), thus setting the new world record for the Largest gathering of people dressed as cats. Photo: Sarawak, Malaysia, has …

The main spiritual goal of Buddhism is to attain ‘Nirvana’, which means the spiritual liberation from the cycle of birth and rebirth. Buddhism religion does not believe in the existence of god and questions the Hindu practice of elaborate ceremonies, image worship, suppression of women and the elevation of Brahmins. Its core lies in the philosophy that every one is …

During the third century B.C.E. the spread of Buddhism was furthered by Ashoka (270-232), the third of the Mauryan kings who created the first pan-Indian empire. Ashoka was converted to Buddhism by a Theravada monk and, after a bloody war of conquest against the neighboring state of Kalinga, he recognized that such aggression violated the principles of Buddhism. From this …

Marquette, Michigan, USA – April 29, 2017 – Northern Michigan University has freeze tagged its way into the record books; with weather anchor Al Roker in attendance and NBC’s “Today” broadcasting live from Marquette, 634 people piled into the Superior Dome to break the Guinness World Record for the largest game of freeze tag. Photo: Northern Michigan University students crushed …