Top 10 Guinness World Records 2011-2012

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Top 10 Guinness World Records 2011 – 2012

Posted by Sidrah Zaheeron October 8, 2011

We all like to know what are the fastest, largest, most expensive and deepest things in the world. We want to know the different records set around these distinctions. For many years, people from all around the world have been achieving distinction in making world records. They set the world record so differently, that it becomes difficult to be broken easily by anyone. Yet many world records have been broken. Every year many new records are made and broken. Here are some of the best Guinness World records of 2012, 2011 and the last decade.

1) Smallest Cow in the World

Usually cows are not known to be huge animals. Even a calf when born is of quite a size and bigger than most full-grown animals. But the 11-year-old Swallow from Yorkshire has set for itself the world record of being the smallest cow. It measures only 33 inches, or just over two feet. Here in this picture, the tiny cow poses alongside Freddie the Bull for launching the Guinness World Records of 2011.

2) Largest Hotel in the World

We like to know which the largest things in the world are. Here is one for world record for the largest hotel. First World Hotel, the Genting Highlands Resort in Pahang Darul Makmur in Malaysia is the world’s largest hotel. Completed in 2005, it has 6,118 rooms and is a multi-coloured structure.

3) Largest Ice Village

There is an ice village built in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, which is the world’s biggest of its kind. There is also an Ice Hotel nearby. The igloo village has been constructed solely of ice. In December 2002, around 700 employees of the Tetra Pak International stayed in at the Ice Hotel in its 140 igloos.

4) Most Expensive Olympic Logo

This year’s Olympic were a thrill to watch. The Olympic logo which was created this year has been its most expensive one to date. It had cost £400,000 ($645,645). This much amount of money after recession and the current UK’s economic situation has also gathered a lot of negative criticism. It was designed by brand consultants Wolff Olins.

5) Most Expensive Pizza

The best pizzas are said to be made in Naples and they cost less than €10. But there is a pizza, which is more expensive and customers paying for it seems to confirm its taste. The onion puree, fontina and mozzarella cheese, pancetta, ceps and wile mizuna lettuce pizza is topped with shavings of a rare white truffle from Italy, which costs US$2,000 per kilo. In fact, a flight to Naples will not be that expensive. It is sold in Gordon Ramsey’s Maze Restaurant in London.

6) Longest Career as an Ice-Cream Man

Everyone loves ice-cream and the ice-cream man becomes a favourite person for most children and even adults around the world when he brings tastiest ice-creams of our choice. Charlie D’Angelo has set the world record for being an ice-cream man for the longest time. He has been selling ice-creams in his ice-cream van named Iggy’s Igloo for the past 32 years, since 1979.

7) Heaviest Aircraft Pulled by a Man

Tough guys can do anything heavy and strong. But pulling an airplane is not in the minds of the most. Kevin Fast from Canada has set the world record of pulling aeroplanes since September 17, 2009. He pulled a CC-177 Globemaster III, which weighs 188.83 tonnes, at the Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ontario.

8) Deepest Cycling Underwater

Cycling is such a good exercise. But it becomes more fun and interesting when you can do it like Vittorio Innocente did underwater. He reached a depth of 66.5 meters on his two-wheeled steed and broke the record of underwater cycling on July 21, 2008 in Santa Margherita Ligure, Liguria, Italy.

9) Largest Collection of ‘Do Not Disturb’ Signs

May be Jean-Francois Vernetti from Switzerland does not want to be disturbed ever anywhere he goes. He has set for himself a world record of collecting 11,111 various ‘Do Not Disturb’ signs from different hotels in 189 countries around the world. He started collecting them in 1985. It sure does show how well travelled he is.

10) Fastest Time to Pop 100 Balloons by a Dog

We all like to see our pets do different funny and interesting moves. We pride in our pets and make them show any tricks to our guests if they happen to make any movement that make us laugh. Now there is a Guinness World Record set by a Jack Russell, a dog called Anastasia to pop 100 balloons in just 44.49 seconds.