Guinness World Records 2014 [antikvár]

Welcome to Guinness World Records 20141 As ever, we've been inundated with thousands of claims from all around the world over the past 12 months, and here we bring you the best of the records that made it through our verification process. You'll find a tightrope-walking dog, a bearded woman, a giant motorcycle and even a vegetable orchestra. It has also been a year of firsts, from Felix Baumgartner's epic skydive from the edge of space to PSY's billion-view pop video, via the first ever circumnavigation of the globe using nothing but human power Most chocolate truffles made in two minutes Congratulations to chef Gino D'Acampo, who created 47 chocolate truffles on the set of Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel in London, UK, on 10 August 2012, as adjudicated by fellow Italian Marco Frigatti from Guinness World Records. Gino's not the only food fanatic in this year's book: find out about speedy eaters on pp.62-63. To put together an annual book as comprehensive as Guinness World Records, we've had to sift through 50,000 claims and enquiries, watch countless hours of video footage, adjudicate live at hundreds of events in places as diverse as Siberia and Mauritius, and organize 100 photoshoots around the world. The UK's contribution to record-breaking is second only to the USA, with 151 records approved from 6,409 claims (compared with 211 approvals from 13,268 US claims). So congratulations to the likes of Lome Coltart for the longest haggis hurl (p.220), David Thomas for the heaviest parsnip (p.136) and James Brown for the largest collection of vacuum cleaners (p.99) - your country is proud of you! Other Great Britons featured in this edition include Olympic stars