Author: ABR Team

Eight-year-old Maddock Lipp of Golden, Colorado, USA, set a record for being the youngest to ski 7 continents. He began his journey at the tender age of four and has travelled to nearly every corner of the globe. His latest trips saw him skiing in Antarctica. Apart from Antarctica, his ski trips have included stops in Morocco, Chile, Italy, South Korea, Australia, and his home base of Colorado, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

Geoscientists at New Zealand set a record for the discovery of the eighth continent of the world – Zealandia. It is a vast continent, about six times the size of Madagascar, covering 1.89 million square miles or 4.9 million square kilometres. It is mostly underwater but consists of a group of islands, similar to New Zealand, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

People of Australia set a record for forming the largest human image of a country at the Big Red Bash, Birdsville, Queensland, Australia. A whopping number of 5,467 people gathered and formed the image of Australia in aid of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

A pumpkin in California, USA, holds a record for being the heaviest pumpkin in the world. It weighed a whopping 1,246.9 kg (2,749 lb), as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

Gunther VI, a German shepherd dog, of Italy, holds the record for being the richest dog of the world. He has his paws on $400 million in wealth. The propertied pooch has his Netflix series “Gunther’s Millions” too. A German countess, Karlotta Leibenstein, left her $80 million estate to Gunther III. Now Gunther III’s grandson, Gunther VI owns the incredible wealth, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

The Malay Language Learning and Promotion Committee of Singapore set a record for organising the largest exhibition of original Malay poems at One Punggol, Singapore. It held the Fiesta Bahasa where attendees, including preschool teachers and children, wrote short original pantuns (Malay poems) among other literary and cultural activities. A total of 764 of the pantuns were exhibited on standing boards, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

Relativity Space, a relatively new entrant to space sector with no prior experience of launching a rocket, set a record for launching the first 3D-printed rocket in space. The rocket named Terran 1 lifted off from Launch Complex 16 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, USA. Weighing 9,280 kilograms, standing 110 feet tall and 7.5 feet wide, 85% of the rocket was manufactured using 3D-printing technology making it the largest 3D-printed object on the planet, as confirmed on November 24, 2023.

Residents of The Pioneer constituency of Singapore set a record for doing the maximum signatures on a Singapore map at Pearl Restaurant, SAFRA Jurong, Singapore. A total of 990 signatures were collected on a large Singapore map placed outside the dining area on the National Day dinner, as confirmed on November 22, 2023.

Students and staff of Yuvabharathi International School of Singapore set a record for making the largest rabbit artwork of reusable clothes. They created a rabbit artwork measuring 1.5m x 2.4m using old clothes to commemorate the National Day and the year of the rabbit, as confirmed on November 22, 2023.

Voices of Singapore and Capitol Singapore set a record for the largest national day outdoor group singing. A total of 1,197 people sat or stood around the lawn outside the mall, singing and waving little Singapore flags, as confirmed on November 22, 2023.