Guinness World Records 2011Craig Glenday Random House Publishing Group, 2011 - 588 páginas From the (new) shortest man to the longest fingernails, from the smallest bird to the largest gathering of Smurfs--if a world record has been created or surpassed, it's here! Guinness World Records(tm) 2011 gathers the most amazing, inspiring, and wild record breakers yet. Filled with don't-try-this-at-home human achievements, natural and technological wonders, incredible feats in sports and entertainment, and much more, this fully updated edition introduces thrilling new records and incredible facts that will fascinate young and old alike. Did you know . . . * The most tattooed senior citizen is Tom Leppard (U.K.), who at seventy-four years of age has 99.9 percent of his body covered? * Afghanistan now shares with Iraq the record as the most land-mined country in the world, with an estimated total of ten million mines each? * The big-eared fennec fox has a novel way of cooling down in its Saharan home? When the temperature reaches 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the fox loses heat by panting at a rapid rate of 690 breaths per minute. And that's just a hint of what you'll find inside this addictive book, including new photos and spreads on TV's diamond anniversary (75 years of record-breaking shows), pop culture (including 3-D films), and Mr. World Record Breaker Ashrita Furman--plus fun quiz questions that will put your skills to the test. |
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Space | xii |
GWR TV 23 Peaks Troughs | xxix |
Guinness World 29 Rivers Lakes | xxxvi |
A Sense of Scale 53 Dinosaurs | 52 |
Insects Arachnids | 64 |
Crustaceans Mollusks | 67 |
Fish Sealife | 71 |
Amphibians | 76 |
Publishing | 296 |
Comics Graphic Novels | 300 |
Whats on | 304 |
Cop Crime Shows | 311 |
Scifi Fantasy | 316 |
Doctor | 320 |
Toons Animation | 325 |
Blockbusters | 329 |
Reptiles | 80 |
Birds | 84 |
Mammals | 88 |
Plant Life | 92 |
American Wildlife | 96 |
HUMAN BEINGS | 101 |
Tallest | 102 |
Body Parts | 107 |
Size | 111 |
Skin Deep | 115 |
Hair | 119 |
Golden Oldies | 124 |
Circus Skills | 158 |
Mass Participation | 163 |
HUMAN ENDEAVORS | 171 |
Grand Tours | 173 |
Around the World | 179 |
Endurance | 183 |
Land Speed Record | 187 |
High Achievers | 192 |
Reach for the Skies | 196 |
All At | 200 |
HUMAN SOCIETY | 205 |
Thats Life | 207 |
Death | 211 |
Medical Records SUPER STUNTS 135 Stunts 141 Strength Balance 146 Party Tricks 216 Nations Politics | 216 |
Conflict | 220 |
Crime | 224 |
Wealth Commerce | 228 |
Consumption Waste | 232 |
American Heroes | 236 |
Most Expensive | 242 |
Urban Arts 246 Extreme Cuisine | 246 |
Sideshow Arts 250 Enormous Nosh | 250 |
Collectors Items | 255 |
Toys Games | 259 |
Route 66 | 265 |
ANIMAL MAGIC | 267 |
Barking | 269 |
Pets | 274 |
Zoos Sanctuaries | 279 |
Down on the Farm | 282 |
POPULAR CULTURE | 289 |
Video Games | 292 |
At the Movies | 332 |
3D Cinema | 336 |
Thats Showbiz | 340 |
Music | 345 |
Theater Classical Arts | 351 |
Art Sculpture | 355 |
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY | 359 |
Architecture | 361 |
Roller Coasters | 366 |
Big Engineering | 370 |
Road Rail | 375 |
Big Stuff | 378 |
Alternative Energies | 388 |
Defense Technology | 392 |
Mega Motors | 397 |
Top Tech | 400 |
Cuttingedge Science | 404 |
Internet | 408 |
SPORTS | 413 |
Action Sports | 415 |
American Football | 420 |
Autosports | 429 |
Ball Sports | 433 |
Baseball | 438 |
Basketball | 446 |
Combat Sports | 450 |
Cycling | 454 |
Golf | 458 |
Ice Hockey | 463 |
Marathons | 466 |
NBA | 471 |
Soccer | 474 |
Tennis Racket Sports | 483 |
Track Field | 487 |
Wacky World Championships | 490 |
Watersports | 494 |
Wheel Skills | 499 |
Games | 502 |
Sports Reference | 512 |
Credits Acknowledgments | 543 |
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Stop Press | 585 |
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