Author: ABR Team

Annie Cohen Kopchovsy of Massachusetts, USA, set a record for being the first woman to bicycle around the world. She set off on a cycling tour of the world on June 25, 1894, that took 15 months to complete, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

The Swiss railways at Switzerland set a record by launching the longest passenger train of the world on the 175th anniversary of their first railway.  It was a 1.2-mile-long passenger train consisting of 100 coaches.  The extra-long train weighing 2,990 tons was composed of 25 smaller electric trains, and travelled approximately 15 miles, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

People at THK Home For Disabled at Sembawang, Singapore and other volunteers, led by artist Vijaya Mohan, set a record for making the largest word formation of crushed paper balls. The balls were pasted, painted and formed the words ‘Happy 57th Birthday Singapore’, measuring 4.5 m x 0.7 m, as confirmed on May 16, 2023.

Students and staff of Temasek Secondary School, Singapore set a record for organising an event where maximum people formed interlocking hearts. They formed a 954-people serpentine chain and locked their arms together with fingers making a heart shape, to show their appreciation for the teachers on the Teachers’ Day, as confirmed on May 16, 2023.

The Bavarian town of Nördlingen, Germany, set a record for being the first city built atop a crater and riddled with diamonds. The city sits atop a massive meteorite crater. The town’s first inhabitants settled at the site in 898 AD, and by the Middle Ages, townspeople constructed a wall around the city to protect it, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

The SAF Military Police Command of Singapore set a record for maximum people doing flutter kicks together. A total of 820 of its personnel did a total of 56,000 flutter kicks in 5 minutes in Bay East Gardens, Singapore on the formation’s 56th anniversary, as confirmed on May 16, 2023.

Sultan Kösen (born December 10, 1982) of Turkey, set a record for being the tallest man of the world. He is 8 feet 3 inches tall. His unique stature is caused by a condition known as “pituitary gigantism,” which is the result of an overproduction of growth hormone, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

Sentosa Development Corporation of Singapore set a record for making the largest tower of cupcakes at the Beach Station, Singapore in celebration of its 50th anniversary. A tower measuring 2.65 m wide and 1.7 m high was built to display the boxes of cupcakes, as confirmed on May 16, 2023.

Arlene Cole from Newcastle, USA, set a record for being the oldest person tracking the weather at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and doing the same job for almost 60 years at the age of 92, as confirmed on May 17, 2023.

Metta Welfare Association of Singapore, set a record for the maximum number of people contributing to a digital artwork to mark its 30th anniversary. They arranged 300 beneficiaries, staff and sponsors to colour images of leaves digitally and assembled them into a tree to symbolise its growth and vitality, as confirmed on May 16, 2023.