Guiness Book of World Records

The record for longest time balanced on one foot is 76 hours, 40 minutes in 1997.

The world’s biggest hug took place in Canada on December

18, 1998. It included 462 people.

The least populous country is the

Vatican City, which had 870

inhabitants in 1999

The longest war was the Reconquista in Spain, which lasted 774 years until 1492.

The world’s biggest pancake

was about 49 feet in diameter

and weighed 2.95 tons.

The oldest person to win an Oscar was Jessica Tandy, in 1990, for Driving Miss Daisy. She was 80 years, 295 days.

Most stunts performed by a living actor is Jackie Chan,

who has appeared in 65 films.

The smallest car was the Peel P50 which was 52 inches long, 39 inches wide, and 52 inches tall. It weighed 130 pounds.

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The oldest person was Ma Pampo from

Dominica who was 128 years old when she

died. She was born on January 27, 1875, and

died on October 14, 2003.

The tallest person to live was Robert

Wadlow from Illinios, who was 8 feet, 11

inches tall.

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The heaviest dog is an English mastiff who weighed 286

pounds on August 18, 1999.

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The most points scored in an NBA half is 107 by the Phoenix Suns on November

11, 1990.

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The biggest Sumo grand champion is Chad Rowan of

Hawai, who is 6 ft 8 in tall and weighs 507 pounds.

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The Samsung SGH-U100 is the thinnest mobile phone

measuring in at 5.9mm

NTT DoCoMo (Japan) is the world's largest wireless internet provider, with

45,687,117 subscribers to their i-mode service as of

January 2006.