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Website. guinnessworldrecords .com. Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
The World Book Encyclopedia is an American encyclopedia. World Book was first published in 1917. Since 1925, a new edition of the encyclopedia has been published annually. Although published online in digital form for a number of years, World Book is currently the only American encyclopedia which also still provides a print edition.
This is a list of Guinness World Records that have been discontinued for various reasons. This may include that the record poses a threat to health or the environment. Record. Reason to discontinue. Last appearance in the records book. References. "The largest ever mass balloon release". Environmental concerns (see Balloonfest '86 )
Judith Viorst (/ v i ˈ ɔːr s t /; née Stahl, February 2, 1931) is an American writer, newspaper journalist, and psychoanalysis researcher. She is known for her humorous observational poetry and for her children's literature.
Open Library. Open Library is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published". Created by Aaron Swartz, [3] [4] Brewster Kahle, [5] Alexis Rossi, [6] Anand Chitipothu, [6] and Rebecca Malamud, [6] Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization. It has been funded in part by grants ...
Guinness World Records verified Mohammed's height at 22 in (57 cm). He was the shortest man ever verified up to 2012, when he lost the title to Chandra Bahadur Dangi. 1957–1997 Philippines: 59.9 cm (23.6 in) Junrey Balawing: Former shortest living man in the world, measuring 22.0 in (56.0 cm), verified by Guinness World Records in 2012.
List of world records in athletics. Usain Bolt beating Tyson Gay and setting a 100 m world record at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. Jürgen Schult beside the indication of his new discus world record, 1986. World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the ...
Hence, in cases where there is too much uncertainty, they are excluded from the list. Having sold more than 600 million copies worldwide, [13] Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling is the best-selling book series in history. The first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, [14] making it ...