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Guinness World Records 2012 PDF

1330 Pages·2011·63.09 MB·English
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LARGEST OBJECT LIFTED BY HELIUM BALLOONS LARGEST OBJECT LIFTED BY HELIUM BALLOONS Inspired by the animated movie Up (USA, 2009), the National Geographic Channel (USA) floated a house weighing 4,335 lb (1,966 kg) – including the frame, ballast, rigging, and pilot – to a height of 10,000 ft (3,050 m) over Los Angeles, USA, using a cluster of 300 helium-filled balloons 10 stories tall. The project, which took two weeks to realize in February and March 2011, was filmed for the TV series How Hard Can it Be? Click here to see an image CONTENTS FRONT COVER IMAGE AIR INTRODUCTION GWR DAY HOW TO BE A RECORD-BREAKER MYTHCONCEPTIONS UNIVERSE FACT FILE: STAR LIVES DEPTHS OF SPACE JUPITER ASTEROIDS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SPACE DISASTERS PLANET EARTH FACT FILE: ANATOMY OF EARTH POPULATIONS CONTINENTS WORLD OF WONDERS WATER WORLD KILLER CLIMATE VARIETY OF LIFE FACT FILE: CREEPY CRAWLIES NEW SPECIES ENDANGERED SPECIES APEX PREDATORS ANIMAL HOMES MIGRATIONS & MOVEMENTS MICROSCOPIC LIFE AMAZING MENAGERIE PECULIAR PLANTS TIME TALES FACT FILE: BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME MAPS HISTORY 1: EARLY CIVILIZATIONS HISTORY 2: GREATEST EMPIRES HISTORY 3: BRAVE NEW WORLD HUMAN BODY FACT FILE: BODY MODIFICATIONS BODY PARTS LITTLE & LARGE LONG LIVES HAIR SKILLS & TALENTS FACT FILE: MOST DANGEROUS IN A MINUTE IN AN HOUR PLANET DANCE INCREDIBLE CLOTHING MASS PARTICIPATION TOUGH GUYS IN THE HOME OUT OF THE ORDINARY AT THE CIRCUS JUGGLING WHEEL SKILLS SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE FACT FILE: MOUNT EVEREST FANTASTIC VOYAGES CLIMBING MOUNTAINS EXPLORING THE POLES CROSSING THE OCEANS CIRCUMNAVIGATION FLIGHTS OF FANCY SOCIETY FACT FILE: VILLAGE EARTH CRIME & PUNISHMENT MODERN CONFLICT GARDEN GIANTS BIG FOOD FOOD FEATS DOGS CATS COLLECTIONS TOYS & GAMES ROYALTY & MONARCHIES CODES & CRYPTOGRAPHY SCI-TECH & ENGINEERING FACT FILE: COMPUTING FIRSTS CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE NANOTECH CONSUMER TECH INTERNET NEED FOR SPEED OIL ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES AUTOMOBILES TRAINS & RAILROADS PETROL HEADS AIRCRAFT WARSHIPS MILITARY HARDWARE BRIDGES EPIC ARCHITECTURE PYRAMIDS BACKYARD BEHEMOTHS BIG STUFF POPULAR CULTURE FACT FILE: COMIC-CON VIDEO GAMING COLLECTIBLE CARD GAMING PUBLISHING AT THE MOVIES WORLD CINEMA MUSIC MUSICAL MAYHEM WHAT’S ON TV TV ACTION HEROES TV DOCUMENTARIES ART & SCULPTURE SPORTS FACT FILE: LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC MILESTONES OLYMPIC LEGENDS PARALYMPICS HIGHEST EARNERS TOP MARKSMEN WORLD’S FASTEST... FASTEST ON WHEELS YOUNGEST & OLDEST DISTANCE & DURATION SPORTING FIRSTS MARATHONS STRENGTH & ENDURANCE WINNING WAYS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS CAPTAIN MARVELS BIG AIR SPORTING MADNESS SPORTING EXTREMES STOP PRESS SPORTS REFERENCE GLOBAL CONNECTIONS CREDITS/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IMPRINTS AVERAGE LIFE FACT 122 - Number of facts about your life listed in this book! At the top of most spreads you’ll find this fact box, written by Tadg Farrington, author of The Average Life of the Average Person, based on the typical reader of Guinness World Records. AIR GREATEST DISTANCE FLOWN IN A WINGSUIT LARGEST WHOOPEE CUSHION MOST AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WINS LONGEST-DURATION FLIGHT BY HELIUM BALLOONS

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