Author: ABR Team

Dann Abraham (born on April 16, 2020) of Tamil Nadu, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for reciting the multiples of numbers from 1 to 25 (sets of 10) in 3 minutes and 37 seconds, at the age of 4 years, as confirmed on May 8, 2024.

Aadam Johan Bibin (born on May 24, 2017) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for answering 52 questions on the stars of the universe in 6 minutes and 10 seconds, at the age of 6 years and 6 months, as confirmed on December 13, 2023.

Sias International College and Didi Express of China jointly set a record for making the biggest QR code of human beings in Zhengzhou University, China. They organised a whopping number of 2,520 people in a QR code pattern of the size 51 meters x 51 meters, as confirmed on December 18, 2023.

Deependra Ratna Shakya of Nepal set a record for having the biggest collection of currency notes and coins of the UN member states. He has a whopping collection of notes and coins of the 193 member states of the United Nations (UN), with 2 pieces of notes and 2 pieces of coins from each member country, as confirmed on December 18, 2023.

Angad Bhardwaj (born on April 5, 2010) of India set a record for being the youngest person honoured by the Army Chief of India. He was honoured with the Silver Medal by the Chief of the Army Staff of India, for his services in the high-altitude areas, as confirmed on December 18, 2023.

Dine in the Dark restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, holds the record for being the first dark dining experience restaurant in Indochina. Opened in 2013, it gives you a chance to experience what it’s like every day for the estimated 144,000 blind people who live in Cambodia. You are guided from beginning to end by the waiters who are visually impaired themselves. By eating there, you help support a restaurant that promotes equal opportunity employment for the blind.

HSMM Fragrance of Laos holds the record for being the first Laos-made perfume brand in Indochina. The perfume brand mainly focuses on products using Agarwood essential oil, which has a deep cultural and religious significance, in addition to the fragrance of Champa flower, the National Flower of Laos. HSMM Fragrance was established in 2014 and has a fragrance factory in Vientiane, their products are exported to the UAE, China, Korea and some Middle East Gulf countries.

Cobra Cave, also known as Tam Ngu Hao 2 cave, located in the Annamite Mountains in Laos, holds the record for being the first cave where the Denisovans’ fossil was found in Indochina. The fossil is a tooth belonging to a girl between 4 and 6 years old, dating from 130,000 years old to 164,000 years old. It is believed to be of Denisovans – the extinct “ghost homo”.

Apopo Visitor Center of Cambodia holds the record for being the first non-profit centre to train mine detection rats in Indochina. It is a global non-profit organization that trains African giant pouched rats (fondly nicknamed ‘HeroRATs’) to save lives by detecting landmines and tuberculosis in economically challenged countries. The organisation has designed and built a demonstration area where the HeroRATs sniff out buried items, scratch at the surface to indicate they’ve found something to trainers and receive a tasty treat as a reward.

The Torp Chey kiln, located at the site of the 12th century Beng Mealea temple near Angkor in Cambodia, holds the record for being the largest undisturbed Angkorian ceramic kiln discovered in Indochina. Found in an undisturbed condition, with its chimney intact, it is the largest kiln site known to exist in all of Southeast Asia, measuring 22 metres in length, 12 metres in width, and divided into 3 main chambers with a most unusual design where brown glaze ceramics were fired.